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Formed: October 1916 at Heliopolis, Egypt
Mobilized: September 1917
Insignia:  
Aces: 16  
Victories: abt 170 Claimed
  Confirmed
Losses:   Killed in Action (KIA)
  Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
  Wounded in Action (WIA)
  Prisoners of War (POW)
 
68 Squadron was formed at Heliopolis, Egypt in October 1916 and was posted to the France in September 1917. In January 1918, 68 Squadron became 2 Squadron in the Australian Flying Corps.
 
Aces Aircraft COs Aerodromes
1 Australia Francis Smith 16
2 Australia Roy Phillipps 15
3 Australia Roby Manuel 12
4 Australia Henry Forrest 11
5 Australia Adrian Cole 9
6 Australia Eric Cummings 9
7 Australia Gregory Blaxland 8
8 Australia Richard Howard 8
9 Australia Frank Alberry 7
10 Australia Ernest Davies 7
11 Australia Charles Stone 7
12 Australia James Wellwood 6
13 Australia Alexander Clark 5
14 Australia George Cox 5
15 Australia Robert McKenzie 6
16 Australia Eric Simonson 5
1 D.H.5
2 S.E.5
   
 
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