He began his military career in the Royal Flying Corps as a fighter ace, but later switched to bombers.
After being invalided out of the RAF for blindness, he continued to serve as President of the Air Armaments Board and was responsible for designing ever larger bombs for the bombardment of Germany.
The younger Huskinson attended Harrow School before entering the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, as a Gentleman Cadet.
[2] Shortly thereafter, he won the Military Cross for his determined prosecution of a hazardous bombing mission during the Battle of the Somme; it was gazetted on 27 July 1916.
[3][4] On 1 April 1918, coincident with the establishment of the Royal Air Force (RAF), Huskinson was confirmed as captain.
[2] Huskinson had a couple of short-lived squadron commands beginning 10 December 1918 and extending about a year.
[2] On 10 March 1921,[5] Huskinson married Ada Marie Dennehy; they honeymooned in the South of France.
On 19 May 1924, he took up duties as armament officer, HQ 10 Group; on 20 October 1924, he moved to the same job for Coastal Area.
[2][7][8] Later in 1925, on 21 September, he began a four-and-a-half-year stint on the staff of the Directorate of Training; he was responsible for setting up firing and bombing ranges.
41 Squadron RAF, Huskinson went on foreign assignment on 24 October 1931, on the Armament Staff at HQ Iraq Command.
However, his expertise and talents were still needed; he was instantly appointed as President of the Air Armaments Board[2] with two personal assistants and a secretary in an office in his home as a sop to his disability.
When attacking the enemy's communications, alone and without an observer, he descended to 800 feet in order to release his bombs on a train and station.
He was under continuous fire and his engine and machine were seriously damaged, but he succeeded in flying back at a low altitude and safely landing within our lines.
He has also, during an attack, carried out a ground patrol, flying at a very low altitude, during which he engaged, a company of the enemy with machine-gun fire.
On a later occasion, when firing at roads from a low altitude, he received a direct hit from a shell, which carried away a portion of his machine.