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National Experiences - British Commission for Military History

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tu r k I s h AIr cA m pA I g n s d u r I n g t h e bAttles o f ÇA n A k k A l e mA r c h 1915 - JA n u A ry 1916 321<br />

ducted many reconnaissance<br />

flights over the<br />

enemy area long be<strong>for</strong>e<br />

the <strong>British</strong> aircraft carrier<br />

Ark Royal came to<br />

the area. When the <strong>British</strong><br />

War Council ordered<br />

the navy to conduct an<br />

operation against the<br />

Strait of Çanakkale, the<br />

Ark Royal was hastily<br />

deployed to the area.<br />

The Ottoman army, Blériot (Ertuğrul).<br />

found itself unprepared<br />

in the battle, requested<br />

Germany to provide support to its combat <strong>for</strong>ce. Pilot First Lieutenant Erich Serno,<br />

who has been serving in German air units since 1991, was assigned to the German<br />

military mission in İstanbul and charged with the task of restructuring the Yeşilköy<br />

Flight School. First Lieutenant Serno was promoted to the rank of captain, as applied<br />

to all German officers serving within the Ottoman army at that time. He became<br />

officially commander of the Flight School, but he was given the responsibility of<br />

restructuring the whole aviation organization of the Ottoman Army at the same time.

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