Articles on the Australian Flying Corps

Contributed Articles

Memories of No.3 Squadron Australian Flying Corps. An interview with Harold Edwards . Harold Edwards was the last surviving member of the Australian Flying Corps. This interview was done in 1990 by Adrian Hellwig when Harold Edwards was 94 years young.

Was the Sopwith Snipe An Improvement Over the Sopwith Camel?. One area of contention amongst aviation historians is whether the Sopwith Snipe was a successor to the Sopwith Camel. This article explores the improvements the Snipe made over the Camel and their applicability to the late 1918 aviation war over France and Germany.

Articles and Documents by members of the AFC, RFC and RAF

Aerial Fighting. This is an extract from the now out of print history of 4 Squadron Australian Flying Corps, "Australian Airmen" by E.J. Richards. This appeared as an Appendix and was written by Captain Arthur Cobby, the leading ace in the Australian Flying Corps and one of the Commonwealth Forces most successful Flight Leaders.

The End of All That. This is an extract from the autobiography, "Recollections of an Airman" written by Lt Colonel Louis Strange documenting his life in World War I. Strange commanded 80 Wing RAF of which 2 Sqn and 4 Sqn AFC were a part. In this extract he notes the operations of the Australian squadrons in the last months of the war.

The Australian Squadrons. This is an extract from the autobiography, "Recollections of an Airman" written by Lt Colonel Louis Strange documenting his life in World War I. Strange commanded 80 Wing RAF of which 2 Sqn and 4 Sqn AFC were a part. In this extract he writes about how the Australian Squadrons in his Wing achieved.