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Description: | Three photograph albums containing black and white prints relating to the service of Flt Lt Hubert Lemon in the RNAS during the First World War and extracts from newspapers, letters, and some documents relating to Lemon. Detail recorded includes shots of RN Eastchurch Sports day, aerial bombs on display, bomb craters made on a range, Maxim HMG being fired on Whale Island Ranges in 1916, operational tasks around the airfield, swimming in the sea, air crashes at the station, staff cars used by RN Eastchurch Officers, Observation balloon, dispersal huts, Haslar Hospital in 1916, and test firing of a Three Pounder Naval Deck Gun. There are also shots in the second album of 'The Ooslumburd' a three wing fighter bomber, operational flying tasks, bomb damage in France, seaplanes on test, flying clothing variations, crew billets, a dugout or air raid shelter, and aircraft artwork in the form a 'clenched hand with blood ripping from the fingers' painted onto an aircraft fuselage. The third album depicts RNAS motor transport including FWD Lorries and Model T light trucks painted with RNAS markings, and a motorcycle unit equipped with sidecars fitted with machine-guns on exercise. There is also one sketch book containing pencil drawings. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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