|
Date: |
|
Description: | Two flying log books, the first covering his initial flying training, December 1915 to May 1916, his service with No 5 Squadron RFC in France during which he carried out artillery observation duties, photographic reconnaissance, and bombing missions against targets in occupied France and Belgium, June 1916 to March 1917, and finally his work as a Communications Pilot based at RFC HQ near Hesdin. The second log book gives details of the "taxi" flying he undertook while at Hesdin, June 1917 to April 1918. Also held with the collection is a photocopied In Memoriam booklet (10pp) for his brother, William Charles Mayo, who served as a Lieutenant in the 9th (Service) Battalion Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment (Sherwood Foresters) until killed in action near Suvla Bay on the Gallipoli Peninsula, 9 August 1915.
Cataloguer Backlog | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Mayo, A J | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
|
|