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Description: | 165 loose prints relating to No. 6 Wing, RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) at Otranto in 1917 and 1918. Includes: scenes of Otranto and the surrounding area; local villagers working on the land and herding goats; RNAS personnel with Italian troops in Otranto; Sopwith Baby floatplanes taxying on the water in the harbour and being recovered on the beach the town - includes views of Sopwith Baby N1034; Handley Page O/400 bomber on an unidentified Italian airfield; Sopwith One and a Half Strutter; Short 184 seaplane; the remains of what appears to be a Hansa-Brandenburg CC flying boat K222; RNAS personnel parading for inspection; carrier pigeon lofts; unexploded bombs dropped on a night raid on the town, 25/26 June 1918; Indian troops coming ashore and moving supplies; RNAS field kitchens; a building used for developing and printing photographs, with a serviceman working outside on a camera; damage to HMS Dartmouth (possibly at Brindisi) after she was torpedoed by the submarine UC-25 during the Battle of the Otranto Straits, 14/15 May 1917.
loose prints | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Unknown | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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