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Description: | British officer served as pilot with 3 and 56 Sqdns Royal Flying Corps on Western Front, 1916-1917
REEL 1 Aspects of operations with Royal Flying Corps on Western Front, 1916-1917: role of reconnaissance squadrons, 1916; question of co-operation with infantry; use of Venetian blind and klaxon horn for communications; first impressions of tanks; description of tanks in action, 9/1916; amusing memory of pet dog following tank; attitude to effectiveness of tanks; maintenance of aircraft; comfort and visibility; development of aircraft technology during war; opinion of SE5A and Sopwith Camel; problem of observer's position in aircraft; role of pilot in taking photographs; description of camera and location in aircraft; importance of reconnaissance photographs. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC Sound Archives | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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