The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An SE5A aircraft A2-36 of No 1 Flying Training School at Point Cook. One of the group of aircraft presented to Australia as a gift from Great Britain, this aircraft was formerly the standard single-seat fighter Scout aircraft A2-2 before being converted to a two seat trainer and renumbered A2-36. To provide the extra seat, the fuel tanks were fitted above the wing structure. Fighter aircraft of this type were flown in the First World War by pilots of No 2 Squadron AFC and many Royal Flying Corps squadrons.
An Australian Flying Corps (AFC) serviceman climbs onto an A2 Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a aircraft D362 which features a kangaroo on the fuselage. This aircraft served with No. 5 and No. 6 Squadrons,
SE5a scout / fighter. It is a single-engined wood and fabric single-seat aircraft. Powerplant - Wolseley Viper V8 200 hp, Serial No. 74908, (installed) stationary 8 cylinder, upright 90-degree Vee wat
UNITED KINGDOM. C.1917. AN AIRCO DH5 SINGLE SEAT BIPLANE WITH A 110 HORSE POWER LE RHONE ENGINE. THIS AIRCRAFT WAS USED AS A TRAINER AND A FIGHTING SCOUT BY NO.2 AND 6 SQUADRONS, AUSTRALIAN FLYING COR
UNITED KINGDOM. C. 1917. A ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY SE5 SINGLE SEAT FIGHTER SCOUT AND TRAINING AIRCRAFT FITTED WITH A 200 HORSE POWER WOLSELEY VIPER ENGINE. THESE AIRCRAFT WERE USED BY NO 2 SQUADRON AND
A de Havilland DH5 scout (fighter) aircraft (serial A197) of 68 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC) (renumbered as 2 Squadron, AFC from 19 January 1918) at an aerodrome in Lincolnshire, England, w
Australian Flying Corps SE5A Fighter aircraft lined up on an airfield. Serial number of the central aircraft is A2-19.
