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Description: | 3 transcribed ts letters (9pp) written during his service in No 5 Squadron Royal Flying Corps (RFC) (2nd Wing) (April - June 1915) in which he describes the mechanical components of his airplane, several aerial dogfights in which he was involved, the social activities in his Mess, as well as the wreck of his airplane during a fight in which he was seriously burned in the face and hands and later taken to No 7 Stationary Hospital in Boulogne for recovery, along with a newspaper clipping detailing the crash and Acland's rescue. Also included is a letter written by Lieutenant K F D Acland while serving in the battle cruiser HMS INVINCIBLE (3pp), describing his involvement in the Battle of the Falkland Islands (December 1914), the sinking of the GNEISENAU and SCHARNHORST and the rescuing of survivors, as well as expressing his high regard for the German sailors and his sadness over the loss of life in the course of the battle.
Cataloguer BEK
Catalogue date 2006-08-09 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Royal Air Force Royal Flying Corps 5 Squadron Royal Navy HMS INVINCIBLE First World War Atlantic Ocean Battle of the Falkland Islands 1914 battlecruiser (1907) | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Acland, K F D | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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