Our small group is Australian based and we learned to fly together as members of the WTE IL2 Sturmovik squad many moons ago. We were taught by a real life flying
instructor who taught us to fly as though we were piloting a real plane. To that squadron I owe my thanks for friendship and support, and for making me aware of how
impressive this hobby can be. Following a call for more people to fly for the opposition, we went to the ZG26 squad to pursue our interest in flying bombers
(He 111, BF110). After 18 months or so we tried using Fighter Ace with an online squad called the AVCG until we formed our own 455 RAAF squadron. It was whilst
flying as 455 RAAF that I first made our first website. Fighter Ace is a subscriber based WWII (and more recently Korean war) sim with over 110 flyable planes and 5 countries to
choose to fly for. It includes heavy bombers like the B17 and Lancaster that can be used for devastating effect.
At some point it was said that we should not represent a real WWII squadron like 455, so we decided to change to WWI sims and rename the site as the
Virtual Flying Corps. This is the second version of the website. Real life has reduced our flying time to a point where we don't fly very often, but when flying takes place
it is usually in Wings of War which is our WWI sim of choice, followed by Thirdwire's First Eagles - The Great Air War 1918.
Every Australian knows that Anzac Day was the 25th of April 1915. Few Australians know that five days earlier on the 20th of April 1915
the first official detachment from the Central Flying School sailed from Melbourne for overseas service. The unit was the half flight,
Australian Flying Corps, and its destination was Mesopotamia. The picture at the top of this page depicts one of the aircraft from number
1 squadron in the middle east. The aircraft was nicknamed the yellow peril, and its appearance and awesome efficiency caused one Turkish General
to issue orders that all troops must immediately take cover upon sighting the "British" yellow plane.
Australia provided four operational squadrons during the conflict and they served in the middle east as well as in the European Theatre.
The aggressive spirit of our flyers can best be illustrated by the fact that Australia ended the war with one VC recipient, and no less than 57 aces.
Captain R A Little became the top Australian Ace with 47 victories.