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Description: | Ts transcript of diary (13pp) concerning his service with No 31 Squadron RFC/RAF (February 1918 - September 1919) initially in Egypt, including brief entries describing weather and living conditions, pilot training in Heliopolis, Cairo (February - May 1918), active service with Aden flight (May 1918 - May 1919) including attacks on the enemy, taking of Turkish prisoners, and the period of leisure and frequent socialising following the Armistice, his return to service in India with No 31 Squadron at Lahore (May - September 1919) including an episode of illness and admission to hospital (July - August), and attacks by Wazir and Mahsud tribes, and his return to the United Kingdom to a posting with the Home Establishment. The transcript includes annotations and biographical information provided by his son, along with a map of Punjab and the North West Frontier.
Cataloguer SCJ
Catalogue date 2005-02-11 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Morrell, S J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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