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Old 5 March 2006, 06:54 AM   #1
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Australien Flying corps

Found an interesting site about the history of the AFC
it gives also some nice details about the airfights

http://www.awm.gov.au/histories/chapter.asp?volume=9

ps typo must be Australian
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Vlaming,thanks for posting this

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Vlaming....

Thanks for the link! This looks to be an excellent reference for several war theaters that are often neglected.
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The AWM site is comprehensice and easy to navigate. If you click on RAF Organisation, you will see something that surprised me when I first read it. According to Cutlack, it was the pilot who tapped out the zone calls, not the observer, the latter preoccupied with keeping an eye out for enemy scouts. For those with an interest in the photography equipment used, there's a paragraph that describes the equipment and its function,
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Vlaming- Great site, thanks. They apparently took period documents and turned them into PDF files. Best way to preserve history with no typos.

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