Fire in the Sky - 15 August 2011

Published: Aug. 7, 2012, 9 p.m.

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Michael Molkentin.\\xa0When the First World War began, aeroplanes were barely a decade old. Despite this, Australia was one of just a few nations outside of Europe to establish a military flying school and corps. Join historian Michael Molkentin as he explains how the young volunteers were pioneers in a new dimension of warfare, who struggled to control the skies over the Western Front and Middle East.

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