Australia and the War in the Air: Volume I - The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War

Drawing on archival records in Australasia, Europe and North America, Australia and the War in the Air provides a fresh perspective on Australia's involvement in the Great War and a revaluation of air power's early influence on warfare. From the earliest days of the Great War, Australians volunteered to fight in the air - warfare's newest arena, and one that would transform the nature of military operations. In the squadrons of the Australian Flying Corps and with Britain's flying services, Australian airmen fought in campaigns that spanned the length and breadth of the First World War

Michael Molkentin teaches History at Shellharbour Anglican College and is a Visiting Fellow at the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict and Society at the University of New South Wales Canberra. He received his doctorate from the University of New South Wales.