|
Date: |
|
Description: | Transcription (32pp) of an ms memoir written in 1972 recording his service as an air mechanic and flight sergeant in the RFC/RAF, 1914 - 1918, describing his initial training at Farnborough, then brief postings to No 9 Squadron RFC at Brooklands and the RFC airfield at Dover before being sent to France with No 27 Squadron RFC in March 1916 where he serviced Martinsyde and DH9 aircraft and describes the Squadron's duties including landing spies behind the enemy lines and dropping them homing pigeons, as well as discussing his living conditions and RAF discipline, then in May 1918 he was posted to RAF East Fortune Airship Station where he served until December 1918.
Cataloguer Backlog
Catalogue date 1972-05 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Callender, C | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
|
|