Factory R.E.1—1913 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.2—1913 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8—1913 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.3—1913 Royal Aircraft Factory H.R.E.2—1913 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2—1914 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.2—1914 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.5—1914 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4—1914 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.6—1914 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.7—1915 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.12—1915 Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.9—1915 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8—1915 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.4a—1915 SS class airship – 1915 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.4 – 1916 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.10 – 1916 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.7 – 1916 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 – 1916 Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.9 — 1916 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5—1916 Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a—1917 Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.9—1917 Royal Aircraft Factory N.E.1—1917 Royal Aircraft Factory A.E.3—1918 Royal Aircraft Factory C.E.1—1918 Royal Aircraft Factory Ram—1918 Engines RAF 1 RAF 2 RAF 3 RAF 4 RAF 5 RAF 8 Controversy At the time of the "Fokker Scourge" in 1915, there was a press campaign against the standardisation of Royal Aircraft Factory types in the Royal Flying Corps, allegedly in favour of superior designs available from the design departments of private British firms. This slowly gained currency, especially because of the undeniable fact that the B.E.2c and B.E.2e were kept in production and in service long after they were obsolete and that the B.E.12 and B.E.12a were indisputable failures. Some of this criticism was prejudiced and ill-informed. Some aviation historians continue to perpetuate the resulting belittling of the important experimental work of the Factory during this period, and the exaggeration of the failings of Factory production types, several of which were described in sensationally derogatory terms. A modern, rather more "pro-factory" point of view, can be found in several of the volumes of War Planes of the First World War, by J.M. Bruce—MacDonald, London, 1965. Superintendents The Superintendents of the School of Ballooning were James Templer (1878–1906) and John Capper (1906 – 1909). The following have served as Superintendents of the Royal Aircraft Factory / Establishment: Mervyn O'Gorman (1912–1916) - Also Superintendent of the Balloon Factory from 1909 to 1912 Henry Fowler (1916–1918) Sidney Smith (1918-) Changes After the end of the First World War, the design and development of aircraft types ended – although work continued on general research and the development of missiles. Research included wind tunnel testing and other aeronautical research, areas which offered rare opportunities for women in STEM fields at this time with examples including Frances Bradfield who worked at the