Fire in the Sky - 15 August 2011
Aug 07, 2012•1 hr 3 min
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Episode description
Michael Molkentin. When 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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