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Description: | a booklet 'Presented to the Workers in the Aircraft Works as a souvenir of their participation in the construction of the 'Camel' B7270 by Clayton and Shuttleworth Ltd, Lincoln'; includes a brief account of the death of Baron von Richthofen and the following photogrphs; the Scout aircraft works, Sopwith Camel, Sopwith Triplane and a Handley Page 0/400; also includes a reprint of a illustration from 'The Graphic' of 25 May 1918 showing the Red baron being shot down
cream card booklet with black and red ink print
Inside the booklet is a typescript entitled THE END OF THE RED BARON and 3 prints of aeroplanes. FIGHTING MACHINES, EXAMPLES OF THE MACHINES WE BUILD TO ENABLE OUR PILOTS TO MAINTAIN THEIR SUPERIORITY AND STRAFE THE HUN, BOMBING MACHINE. Sopwith 'Camel', Sopwith Triplane'. There is also a print of a 'dog fight' reprinted from 'THE GRAPHIC' 25.5.1918. | Subjects: | Aviation Engineering Publications Military Souvenirs | Temporal: | 1918 | Source: | Lincolnshire County Council | Identifier: | http://www.lincstothepast.com/Records/Re... | Go to resource |
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