The IIIF entered service with the RAF in Egypt and with Fleet Air Arm Catapult flights in 1927,[REF][REF] and with the Royal New Zealand Air Force shortly after.
The IIIF remained in front line service well into the 1930s, with the last front line RAF squadron, 202 Squadron, re-equipping with Supermarine Scapas in August 1935,[REF] and the final front line Fleet Air Arm squadron, 822 Squadron retained the IIIF until 1936 [REF].