Australian Flying Corps In World War 1 Essay
What was the contribution by the Australian Flying corps in World war ?
In 1914, Australia created its very first militarised aviation base located in Point Cook, Australia had became the first British Dominion for service during world war 1. Australia had created four squadrons, the first one had been sent to Mesopotamia located in the middle east in 1916 and the last 3 were deployed to the Western Front to fight in France.
On the 8th of February 1915 Australia received a request from the Viceroy Of India to send air assistance to fight the Turkish. The turkish had threatened the Anglo Persian oil Pipeline, so they opened a second front to fight against the turkish. The Australian Government was asked to provide aircraft, airman and transport to support the Anglo- Indian forces assigned to the second front. The Australians dispatched 4 officers, 41 men and transport called the Mesopotamian half flight who was lead by Captain Petre, reason why they called it the half flight because the AFC was still forming and could only provide for half a flight. Arriving too late to support and secure the oil pipeline and second front, the half flight joined the British and helped them advance to -+Baghdad. The attempt to reach Baghdad failed which caused 13,000 British and Indian to surrender to the Turkish in the City of Kut. In April …show more content…
They were equipped with BE2c and Martinsyde G100. The squadron operated in Heliopolis, Palestine and Syria supporting ground forces in all the major battles of the Palestine campaign against the Turks. The Australians encountered the Germans in a lot of air-to-air battles. The missions that the ACF conducted were bombings, aerial reconnaissance, communications and artillery spotting. On 21 September 1918 as part of the Battle of Megiddo British air forces were able to take the Turkish Seventh
In 1914, Australia created its very first militarised aviation base located in Point Cook, Australia had became the first British Dominion for service during world war 1. Australia had created four squadrons, the first one had been sent to Mesopotamia located in the middle east in 1916 and the last 3 were deployed to the Western Front to fight in France.
On the 8th of February 1915 Australia received a request from the Viceroy Of India to send air assistance to fight the Turkish. The turkish had threatened the Anglo Persian oil Pipeline, so they opened a second front to fight against the turkish. The Australian Government was asked to provide aircraft, airman and transport to support the Anglo- Indian forces assigned to the second front. The Australians dispatched 4 officers, 41 men and transport called the Mesopotamian half flight who was lead by Captain Petre, reason why they called it the half flight because the AFC was still forming and could only provide for half a flight. Arriving too late to support and secure the oil pipeline and second front, the half flight joined the British and helped them advance to -+Baghdad. The attempt to reach Baghdad failed which caused 13,000 British and Indian to surrender to the Turkish in the City of Kut. In April …show more content…
They were equipped with BE2c and Martinsyde G100. The squadron operated in Heliopolis, Palestine and Syria supporting ground forces in all the major battles of the Palestine campaign against the Turks. The Australians encountered the Germans in a lot of air-to-air battles. The missions that the ACF conducted were bombings, aerial reconnaissance, communications and artillery spotting. On 21 September 1918 as part of the Battle of Megiddo British air forces were able to take the Turkish Seventh