The CFS.5 Deperdussin training aircraft of the Australian Flying Corps has been moved into a ...

Accession Number P10814.012.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Print
Maker Unknown
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne, Point Cook
Date made c 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

The CFS.5 Deperdussin training aircraft of the Australian Flying Corps has been moved into a hangar for repairs following a crash at Point Cook. In 1920 the aircraft was transferred to the Australian War Museum (later the Australian War Memorial.) (This photograph is from the album of Captain James Brake, No. 2 Squadron, AFC. See P10814)