Class of Australian cadets receiving instructions in aerial gunnery at Minchinhampton aerodrome. ...

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Accession Number D00420
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original negative other
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom: England, Gloucestershire, Minchinhampton
Date made March 1919
Conflict Period 1910-1919
First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Class of Australian cadets receiving instructions in aerial gunnery at Minchinhampton aerodrome. At left is Lieutenant F. M. Procter, Gunnery Officer, No. 5 Training Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC). Note the cadets have a white flash on their hats or caps. No. 5 moved to No. 1 Station, AFC, 2 April 1918 and disbanded 1919. Major R S Brown was Commanding Officer from 28 April 1918 to May 1919.