sentences:  4 Wing RNAS on 31 December 1916 at Petite-Synthe, France.However, it is noteworthy that an earlier contingent of the Squadron had previously formed in Kondoa Irangi, Tanganyika, in May 1916, flying Aéroplanes Voisins and Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2cs for seven months on reconnaissance and bombing duties until disbanding there in January 1917, thus leaving the component in France to endure thereafter.Formed as a specialist night bomber squadron in France in December 1916, No.