"An Australian Airman at the Dardanelles" Topic
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| Kaoschallenged | 20 Mar 2013 8:07 p.m. PST |
"The Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was still in its
infancy when the first Australians went ashore at
Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. Although a Half-Flight
had been dispatched to join the concurrent campaign
against Turkish forces in Mesopotamia (Iraq), no units
or individual AFC personnel were available for the
Gallipoli landings. Ground fighting at the Dardanelles
very likely inspired several soldiers of the Australian
Imperial Force to subsequently transfer to the evolving air
arm―among them future air marshals George Jones and
Roy Drummond, and Captain Sir Ross Smith―but the
campaign itself offered few opportunities for members of
the Australian services to experience war in the air. One
who did, however, was Captain A.H.K. Jopp of the 1st
Australian Division." link |
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