| Aircraft Serial |
Type.. |
Aircraft History |
| 7472 |
G100 |
16/10/1916 To C Flight, 1 Sqn AFC ex 14 Sqn, RFC,
27/10/1916 To Air Park,
26/02/1917 To 1 Sqn AFC ex Air Park,
20/04/1917 shot down by anti-aircraft fire,
24/04/1917 Struck off charge. |
| 7476 |
G100 |
19/04/1917 To B Flight, 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
20/05/1917 To Air Park, |
| 7477 |
G100 |
17/10/1917 To B Flight, 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
07/01/1917 To Air Park,
18/02/1917 To B Flight, 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
08/07/1917 Capt. Brooks killed (wings collapsed),
17/07/1917 Struck off charge. |
| 7486 |
G100 |
McNamara’s VC Aircraft.
03/11/1916 To 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
20/03/1917 Lt. Francis Hubert "Frank" McNamara crashed in Wadi Hesse.
24/03/1917 Struck off charge.
By March 1917, No. 1 Squadron was making regular bombing raids against Gaza. On 20 March McNamara, flying on one such operation, saw a fellow squadron member, Captain D. W. Rutherford, shot down. Although having just suffered a serious leg wound, McNamara landed near the stricken Rutherford who climbed aboard, but his wound prevented McNamara from taking off and his aircraft crashed. The two men made it back to Rutherford's plane which they succeeded in starting and, with McNamara at the controls, they took off just as enemy cavalry reached the scene. For this action McNamara was awarded the Victoria Cross.
From McNamara's Logbook:
21.3.1917 0900 Martinsyde-7486, Passengers-Nil, Time-2hrs.
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| 7487 |
G100 |
18/12/1916 To 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
26/06/1917 Crashed by Lt. Adrian Cole Struck off charge. |
| 7488 |
G100 |
07/01/1917 To 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
24/10/1917 To Air Park, |
| 7489 |
G100 |
Served with 1 Sqn AFC |
| A1532 |
G102 |
Picture of this aircraft in the AWM collection.
Did it serve with AFC? |
| A1583 |
G102 |
26/02/1917 To 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
21/04/1917 Lt. Adrian Cole hit by anti-aircraft fire and aircraft burnt,
25/04/1917 Struck off charge |
| A1593 |
G102 |
24/05/1917 To A Flight, 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
12/08/1917 To Air Park,
Presented by Mrs H Bickford of Mount Lofty, South Australia. |
| A1595 |
G102 |
08/05/1917 To A Flight, 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
24/10/1917 To Air Park, |
| A1600 |
G102 |
08/08/1917 To A Flight, 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
24/10/1917 To Air Park,
17/01/1918 To 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
21/03/1918 To 142 Sqn, RFC. |
| A1605 |
G102 |
15/08/1917 To A Flight, 1 Sqn, AFC ex Air Park,
17/11/1917 To Air Park. |
| A3944 |
G102 |
30/07/1917 To 1 Sqn AFC ex Air Park,
17/11/1917 To Air Park,
17/01/1918 To 1 Sqn AFC ex Air Park,
16/02/1918 Caught fire on landing at Mejdel
20/02/1918 Struck off charge. |
| A3945 |
G102 |
30/10/1917 To 1 Sqn AFC ex Air Park,
13/04/1918 To 142 Sqn, RAF. |
| A3946 |
G102 |
01/01/1918 To 1 Sqn AFC,
01/03/1918 To Air Park. |
| A3947 |
G102 |
Served with 1 Sqn AFC. |
| A3953 |
G102 |
04/11/1917 To 1 Sqn AFC ex Air Park,
09/01/1918 To Air Park. |
| A3954 |
G102 |
01/11/1917 To 1 Sqn AFC ex Air Park,
09/01/1918 To Air Park. |
| A3955 |
G102 |
02/11/1917 To 1 Sqn AFC ex Air Park,
21/03/1918 To 142 Sqn, RFC. |
AGNES
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Agnes was the name given to a contraption built by Ross Smith. Agnes was a Martinsyde Elephant 160bhp Beardmore engine, propeller, fuel tank and dash board mounted to a captured Turkish rail truck. It was used as a goods truck (grog truck?) to the aerodrome at Jenin. |
MIMI
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Mimi was the name given to a hydroplane ordered built by Captain Richard (Dickie) Williams. A Martinsyde Elephant was stripped if its flying surfaces and fuselage covering and mounted on a pair of seaplane floats. It retained its Lewis gun and was used to stop "Johny Turk" getting his grain supplies from across the Dead Sea.
Remembering that the Dead Sea is actually 400 meters below sea level these must be the lowest altitude missions ever. |
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The Authors of this page are Brendan Cowan and Mark Lax.
Sources: Australian War Memorial, Australian Military Aircraft 1909-1918, Keith Isaacs, AWM, Men & Machines of the Australian Flying Corps 1914-1919, Charles Schaedel, High Adventure, A.H.Cobby, British Military Aircraft Serials 1911-1979, Bruce Robertson, One Airman's War: Aircraft Mechanic Joe Bull's Personal Diaries 1916-1919, Banner Books, Maryborough, 1997, Mark Lax. Cross and Cockade Vol.2 No.3 1971.
Emails: Mark Lax.
Updated 22nd January 2019
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