Airco DH.5 A9424

This profile is taken from a photo in the Australian War Memorial collection of the DH.5 A9242. The photograph shows another presentation aircraft with 2 Squadron AFC bearing the inscription, "New South Wales No14. Womens Battleplane. Subscribed and Collected by the Women of New South Wales." The pilot in the photograph is attributed as Lieutenant S.W. Ayers. The aircraft is at Harlaxton prior to the Squadrons move to operations in France. Note the partially painted cowl on the aircraft.