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Description: | Ms account (114pp), written in 1969, of his experiences in the RFC and later RAF (1913-1918), describing his training as a rigger at the Central Flying School at Upavon, Wiltshire (1914); service with No. 5 Squadron RFC based at Netheravon, Wiltshire and at Maubeuge in France (from August 1914) providing intelligence regarding troop movements during the retreat from Mons; a brief period in the United Kingdom drilling recruits (March - September 1915); as a Flight Sergeant with No. 14 Squadron RFC (later RAF) in Egypt (October 1915 - early 1919), stationed at Sidi Barani and Sollum, initially patrolling the coasts for U boats but later involved in the advance into Palestine, and including some interesting observations on RFC practices, particularly regarding the restriction of flying to officers only and concerning the quality of aircraft and the morale of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force.
Cataloguer AAM
Catalogue date 2001-04-20 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | King, C R | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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