A further 200 men served as aircrew in the British flying services military.military_service the RFC or the Royal Naval Air Service ( RNAS ) – including men such as Charles Kingsford Smith and Bert Hinkler , both of whom would have a significant impact upon aviation in Australia after the war .

By the early mid-1950s sufficient time had elapsed for officers originally commissioned in the British air services military.military_service World War I to have risen through the ranks to RAF 's senior post ; Sir John Slessor had originally served in the Royal Flying Corps while Sir William Dickson was commissioned into the Royal Naval Air Service .