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AWM B10475
1 Squadron (AFC) in Palestine, 1916
 
Formed: 1915 at Point Cook, Victoria
Mobilized: March 1916
Insignia:  
Aces: 16  
Victories: 50+ Claimed
Losses:   Killed in Action (KIA)
  Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
  Wounded in Action (WIA)
  Prisoners of War (POW)
 
Originally designated 67 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, 1 Squadron was formed at Point Cook, Victoria, Australia in 1915 and was posted to the Middle East in March 1916. In January 1918, 67 Squadron became 1 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps.
 
Aces Aircraft COs Aerodromes
1 Australia Ross Smith 12
2 Australia Garfield Finlay 8
3 Australia Leslie Sutherland 8
4 Australia Edward Kenny 7
5 Australia Walter Kirk 7
6 Australia Paul McGinness 7
7 Australia George Peters 7
8 Australia Albert Tonkin 6
9 Australia James Traill 6
10 Australia William Weir 6
11 Australia Allan Brown 5
12 Australia Wilmot Fysh 5
13 Australia Eustace Headlam 5
14 Australia Ernest Mustard 5
15 New Zealand Carrick Paul 5
16 Australia Clive Brewster-Joske 1
1 Martinsyde G.100
Oct 1916
2 B.E.2c
3 Bristol Scout
4 B.E.12
5 R.E.8
6 B.F.2b
1 Maj. Richard Williams
 
 
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