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Description: | British officer served as Sopwith Camel pilot with Royal Naval Air Service and RAF aboard HMS Glorious, 1918; served with 150th Regt, Royal Artillery in GB and Northern Ireland, 1939-1942
REEL 1 Various aspects of background, 1899-1917. Recruitment and initial training with Royal Naval Air Service at Greenwich Naval College, 1917. Flying training with Maurice Farman Longhorn and Avro 504K at Manston, 1917: story of getting lost on cross country flight; forced landing. Period flying training at Cranwell, 1917: visit by George V; question of selection for scout training; opinion of various aircraft; question of acrobatics. Period of scout training at Freiston, 1917: flying characteristics of Sopwith Camel; gunnery and use of camera guns; question of posting.
REEL 2 Various postings prior to training in taking off from ramp aboard HMS Pegasus. Recollections of period flying Sopwith Camel aboard HMS Glorious, 1918: method of taking off from aft 18" gun turret and landing at airfield and transport back to ship; role in protecting gunnery spotting aircraft; successful anti-Zeppelin role of ship based aircraft; question of safety equipment and ditching at sea; question of amount of flying; lectures; naval identity; aircraft maintenance crew; Sopwith Camel armament and incendiary ammunition; state of ship morale; reaction to formation of RAF, 1/4/1918.
REEL 3 Continues: refresher courses; reaction to formation of RAF and issue of new uniform, 1/4/1918; attachment to HMS Furious and opinion of flight deck arrangement as aircraft carrier; lifestyle; question of emergence of German fleet; Armistice Day in London, 11/11/1918; demobilisation, 1919. Inter war period, 1919-1939. Recruitment and initial training as officer with A Troop, 434 Bty, 150th Regt, Royal Artillery at Derby Road Drill Hall, Nottingham, 4/1939-9/1939: reasons and question of rejoining RN; question of lack of gunnery experience; gun drill; attending Bridlington Camp, 8/1939; question of lack of equipment. Mobilisation and initial period in Girls High School, Nottingham, 9/1939: training in ranging and fire orders on minature range; role on posting as adjutant; digging slit trenches.
REEL 4 Various aspects of postings in Northern England, 1940: equipment; unit morale; opinion of various officers. Various aspects of periods at Moy and Ballycarry, Northern Ireland, 12/1940-4/1942: posting as battery captain of 434 Bty; story of attempting to buy horse; question of Irish Republican activity; opinion of Colonel Morley; re-equipment with 25pdrs; prior detachment with two troops to Redesdale Camp ca 1940, including acting as training force with officers; preparations for possible German invasion and failure of arrangements during false alarm; leaving unit for air liaison course. Training and postings as air observation pilot, 1942-1945. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Hart, Peter M | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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