Walter Oswald Watt, was an Australian aviator and businessman. He served as a pilot during World War I with, firstly, the French Foreign Legion and, secondly, the Australian Flying Corps (AFC).
Oswald Watt, Australian Flying Corps
Watt's Bleriot XI monoplane in Egypt, 1913–14
Watt flying a Farman biplane over Europe, 1915
Watt in the Aviation Militaire
The Australian Flying Corps (AFC) was the branch of the Australian Army responsible for operating aircraft during World War I, and the forerunner of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The AFC was established in 1912, though it was not until 1914 that it began flight training.
Captain Harry Cobby (centre), Lieutenant Roy King (fourth from right), and other officers of "A" Flight, No. 4 Squadron AFC, with their Sopwith Camels on the Western Front, June 1918
Members of the Half Flight gather around a Royal Naval Air Service Short 827
R.E.8s of No 3 Sqn AFC
Serny, France, November 1918. A score board recording the claims for enemy aircraft destroyed by No. 80 Wing RAF from July–November 1918, including Nos. 2 and 4 Squadron AFC.