Originally Posted by
huge72
the site of one of the training airfields for the Australian and New Zealand Flying Corps.
Very pleased to hear of the ceremonies to remember the fallen, but better still to remember them accurately for who they were. The 'Australian Flying Corps' was established in 1912, and with the formation of the RAF, previosuly designated RFC(Australian) sqns (67, 68, 69, 71) became 1-4 Sqns AFC on 1 April 1918. There was no 'New Zealand Flying Corps' (and definitely no 'Australian and New Zealand Flying Corps'); the Kiwis joined the RFC and RNAS, and then transferred to the RAF.
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/war-in...alands-air-war