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Australian Flying Corps
Captain Harry Cobby (centre) with officers of A Flight, No. 4 Squadron AFC, and their Sopwith Camels on the Western Front, June 1918
Active	1912–1921
Country	Australia
Part of	Australian Army
Engagements	World War I Mesopotamian campaign Sinai and Palestine Campaign Western Front

Military unit

The Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was the branch of the Australian Army responsible for operating aircraft during World War I, and is the forerunner of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The AFC was established in 1912, though it was not until 1914 that it began training flights. During World War I elements of the AFC saw combat in the Middle East and France as part of the British Royal Flying Corps (RFC). In addition, a training wing was established in the United Kingdom. Following the war, the AFC returned to Australia in 1919 and was disbanded in order to form the Australia Air Corps. This service was separated from the Army in 1921 and became the independent RAAF.

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Bibliography

Cutlack, F.M. (1984) . The Australian Flying Corps in the Western and Eastern Theatres of War, 1914–1918. Official History of Australia in the War of 1914–1918 (University of Queensland Press ed.). St. Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press. ISBN 070221728X.
Dennis, Peter (2008). The Oxford Companion to Australian Military History (Second ed.). Melbourne: Oxford University Press Australia & New Zealand. ISBN 9780195517842. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
Grey, Jeffrey (2008). A Military History of Australia (Third ed.). Port Melbourne: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521697910.
Molkentin, Michael (2010). Fire in the Sky. The Australian Flying Corps in the First World War. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 9781742370729.
Stephens, Alan (2006) . The Royal Australian Air Force: A History. Melbourne: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195555414.