The National Archives have added the records of nearly 10,000 WW1 RAF officers onto their Documents Online website. The documents contain details of earlier service in the Royal Flying Corps & Royal navy Air Service as well as the officers who served once the RAF was formed in April 1918. Searches can be undertaken by Surname or date of birth. The records have the usual information such as date & place of birth, next of kin and addresses, but also include units in which they served, types of planes flown, medals & honours awarded and much more.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/air76.asp

The service records for RAF Officers are now available online at The National Archives.

You can search and download the service records of officers who served in the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the First World War. This collection comprises the records of over 99,000 individuals, which have been taken from the collection AIR 76.

The RAF was the world’s first independent military air arm and by the end of the First World War it had become the largest, with over 27,000 officers and 250,000 other ranks. By the end of 1919, 26,000 of the 27,000 officers had been discharged and it is largely their service details which are held in this series.

The records were created from the inception of the RAF in April 1918, however they include retrospective details of earlier service in the Royal Flying Corps or Royal Naval Air Service, where appropriate.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documentsonline/air76.asp

Flight magazine is an aviation journal which was started in 1909, on their website you can see back copies of the magazine. This is a good resource for those with ancestors involved in the early days of flight.

http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/

   Useful website for those with Royal Air Force ancestors, they maintain an archive plus the site contains good background information.

http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/index.cfm