RAF SE5a A8934

This is an SE5a aircraft of 2 Squadron Australian Flying Corps in late 1917 or early 1918. It is carrying the insignia worn before April 1918. The profile is taken from a photograph in "Men and Machines of the Australian Flying Corps 1914 - 1919". The same photograph shows two other aircraft bearing the flight numbers "E" and "X" and is captioned " SE5a aircraft of No 2 Squadron AFC wait at an advanced landing ground near Bapaume early in 1918. "C" is probably A8934, one of the first produced and by this time a real veteran.". Note the boomerang squadron marking aft of the fuselage roundal.