No. 5th (Training) Squadron, AFC

The Australian Flying Corps at the Western Front consisted of volunteers including 5 Training Squadron at Minchinhampton in England preparing pilots for aerial warfare. My uncle Lt Jack Weingarth was a fighter pilot in 4 Squadron at the Front and came to train pilots at Minchinhampton aerodrome, later to be called Aston Down. The AFC had 4 Training Squadrons based in Minchinhampton and nearby Leighterton, where 23 who died mainly in training accidents, including my uncle, are buried at the cemetery. Steve Weingarth Sydney prodoco@optusnet.com.au