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Description: | British officer served with 45 Sqdn Royal Flying Corps flying Sopwith Strutter and Sopwith Camel on Western Front, 1917
REEL 1 Comparison of conditions of service, lifestyle and daily routine on Western Front, 1915-1916 with period as pilot with 45 Sqdn Royal Flying Corps on Western Front, 1917-1918: comradeship in infantry and isolated position as pilot including question of means of communication when flying; photographic reconnaissance missions in Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter; scout role of Sopwith Camel; absence of German aircraft crossing front line; question of French and British policy over width of No Man's Land; ; flooded trenches, relative effects of cold; disadvantages of kilts; comradeship in infantry and isolated position as pilot including question of means of communication when flying and comfort of airfield mess; necessity for all round perspective when flying; role during Third Battle of Ypres, 8/1917-11/1918; tactic of sweeping over front line in Sopwith Camels at increasing heights to achieve height superiority over Albatross and consequent successful dogfight; casualties whilst escorting photographic reconnaissance aircraft, 5/6/1917; question of chivalric approach in air combat; nature of dogfight flying; aggressive nature of scout patrol duties; story of low level ground strafing under 'tunnel' of British shells during Third Battle of Ypres, 8/1917-11/1917. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | BBC | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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