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Formed: March 1917 at Castle Bromwich
Mobilized: December 1917
Insignia:  
Aces: 11  
Victories:   Claimed
  Confirmed
Losses:   Killed in Action (KIA)
  Killed in Flying Accident (KIFA)
  Wounded in Action (WIA)
  Prisoners of War (POW)
 
71 Squadron was formed at Castle Bromwich in March 1917 and was posted to the France in December 1917. In January 1918, 71 Squadron became 4 Squadron in the Australian Flying Corps.
 
Aces Aircraft COs Aerodromes
1 Australia Arthur Cobby 29
2 Australia Elwyn King 26
3 Australia Edgar McCloughry 21
4 New Zealand Herbert Watson 14
5 Australia Thomas Baker 12
6 Australia Leonard Taplin 12
7 Australia Thomas Barkell 7
8 Australia George Jones 7
9 Australia Arthur Palliser 7
10 Australia Norman Trescowthick 7
11 Australia Garnet Malley 6
1 Sopwith Camel
   
 
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