@ Kenneth .. yeah, that's pretty much what I was saying .. the only mentions of "squadron" of any kind were the two after he transferred over. (My head was more with a 23-year old suicide from 80-plus years ago, so I didn't word things here well enough to be clear.)
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@ Gillian .. amend, amend! The entity existed, just not as we think today. The AFC began in 1912, with flight training a couple of years later, and he was a part of the AFC.
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The RAAF is coming up for an anniversary in a couple of years!