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Description: | British officer served flying Vickers Fighter with 11 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps in GB and Western Front, 1915; served flying DH2 with 24 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps in GB and Western Front, 1915-1916
REEL 1 Recollections of period flying Henri Farman and Vicker Fighter with 5 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps in France, 1914-1915: move out to Mauberge, 15/8/1914; initial reconnaissances; retreat in stages; state of infantry coming out of line in Ypres area; attitude of infantry to Royal Flying Corps officers; effects of keeping aircraft outdoors during winter; story of shooting down Aviatik as observer to Captain Louis Strange flying Henri Farman over ForĂȘt de Mormal, 8/1914; story of landing with bomb trapped in undercarriage area; opinion of Captain Louis Strange; reconnaissance role; artillery observation role and development of methods to indicate location of shells; opinion of Vickers Fighter; story of shooting down German aircraft in Vickers Fighter, 1915. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Rabagliati, Cuthbert E C | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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