Australian Flying Corps

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air corps military aviation branch military officer

The Australian Flying Corps was the air arm of the Australian Army during World War I and the direct predecessor to the Royal Australian Air Force.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Richard Williams 0
Australian Air Corps 0
Central Flying School 0

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air corps ⓘ
military aviation branch ⓘ
military officer ⓘ
activeFrom 1912 ⓘ
activeUntil 1921 ⓘ
aircraftUsed Airco DH.5 ⓘ
Airco DH.9 ⓘ
BE2 ⓘ
Bristol F.2 Fighter ⓘ
RE8 ⓘ
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 ⓘ
surface form: Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5a

Sopwith Camel ⓘ
alliedWith British Army ⓘ
Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Flying Corps ⓘ
branchOfService Australian Imperial Force ⓘ
casualties about 175 killed ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
Australia ⓘ
disbandedToForm Australian Air Corps ⓘ
establishedAs Central Flying School at Point Cook ⓘ
headquartersLocation Melbourne ⓘ
location Point Cook, Victoria ⓘ
notableBattle Battle of Cambrai ⓘ
surface form: Battle of Cambrai (1917)

Battle of Megiddo (1918) ⓘ
notableCommander Richard Williams ⓘ
partOf Australian Army ⓘ
predecessorOf Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
role air support ⓘ
bomber operations ⓘ
fighter operations ⓘ
military aviation ⓘ
reconnaissance ⓘ
successorOf Australian Flying Corps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
theatre Mesopotamian campaign (World War I) ⓘ
surface form: Mesopotamian campaign

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I ⓘ
Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
surface form: Palestine campaign

Sinai and Palestine campaign ⓘ
Western Front ⓘ
trainingLocation Point Cook, Victoria ⓘ
unit No. 1 Squadron RAF ⓘ
surface form: No. 1 Squadron AFC

No. 2 Squadron AFC ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron Australian Flying Corps ⓘ
surface form: No. 3 Squadron AFC

No. 4 Squadron RAAF ⓘ
surface form: No. 4 Squadron AFC

No. 5 Training Squadron AFC ⓘ
No. 6 Training Squadron AFC ⓘ
No. 7 Training Squadron AFC ⓘ
No. 8 Training Squadron AFC ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hudson Fysh → militaryBranch → Australian Flying Corps ⓘ
Bristol F.2 Fighter → operatedBy → Australian Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 → operator → Australian Flying Corps ⓘ
No. 3 Squadron Australian Flying Corps → partOf → Australian Flying Corps ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force → precededBy → Australian Flying Corps ⓘ
Australian Flying Corps → successorOf → Australian Flying Corps self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Royal Australian Air Force
Gallipoli Campaign air operations → usedBy → Australian Flying Corps ⓘ