| Why
did the British re-name the first four Australian flying squadrons
that were fielded in World War I? |
The
squadrons were renumbered because of British bookkeeping,
to avoid confusion with their own squadrons Nos 1 to 4.
So Nos 1, 2, 3 and 4 AFC are often referred to in publications
as 67 (Australian) RFC, 68 (Australian) RFC, 69 (Australian)
RFC and 71 (Australian) RFC. The British updated their bookkeeping
in line with Australian nomenclature in 1918. |
| Does
the Air Force still have its original doctrine manual? |
The
original two-volume set is held in the ADFA Library. It was
a training manual released in 1914 by the Royal Flying Corps
in which a number of the basic tenets of air power were recorded.
In 1990 the first edition of the Air Force’s Air Power Manual
was issued. |
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