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The strangest dog fight of the war?
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The German Albatros aeroplane shown here is preserved at the AWM in Australia. It was shot down during what is perhaps one of the strangest combats in flying history on 17 December 1917. Above: Albatros D.Va, Serial D.5390/17, at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra This German Albatros D.Va (numbered 5390/17) was being flown by Leutnant Ru...
ONLINE: 'Aces High - The Australian Flying Corps 1912-1920' by Rob Fleming
Caption: No 1 Sqdn, Royal Australian Flying Corps About the talk: As soon as balloons took flight, the military application of both lighter and heavier-than-air aircraft became self-evident. Britain began utilising balloons for military reconnaissance in 1878, they played a role in the Boer Wars. By the 1911 Imperial Conference in London, it was...