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Description: | British private served with 79 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps on Western Front, 1918; served with 42 Sqdn, RAF on Western Front, 1918
REEL 1: Background in Manchester, 1897-1916: outbreak of war, 4/8/1914; work as plumber and cinematographer. Background to recruitment as sheet metal worker/coppersmith with Royal Flying Corps. Various aspects of training and postings in GB, 1916-1918: booking trainee pilots' times; workshop duties as coppersmith; reaction to formation of RAF, 1/4/1918; question of casualties amongst trainee pilots. Various aspects of periods with 79 Sqdn, RFC and 42 Sqdn, RAF on Western Front, 2/1918-5/1918: journey out; effects of gas attack; mobile role of unit; illness and consequent transfer to 42nd Sqdn, RAF, ca 5/1918; role of ground crew; reaction to formation of RAF, 1/4/1918; retreat from German advance on Roye airfield, ca 3/1918-4/1918, including inaccurate bombing by German and captured British aircraft, situation at Amiens and end of retreat at Choques; reports of German POWs being shot by Scottish regiment, 1914; story of attempt to salvage stores left at Roye, 3/1918.
REEL 2 Continues: German use of captured British aircraft; situation, 3/1918-4/1918. Armistice Day in GB, 11/11/1918. Reflections on war service. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Smith, E E | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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