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Description: | British officer served flying DH2 with 24 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps on Western Front, 1916
REEL 1 Technical discussion of various details of DH2: cockpit layout, controls and seat; paint schemes; fixed gun mounting; ammunition, Verey pistol and map storage; rudder controls; 'blip' switch and firing mechanism on control column. Recollections of flying training and initial postings with Royal Flying Corps in GB, 1915-1916: first solo flight on Bleriot, 19/10/1915; first night flight in Bleriot, 4/2/1916.
REEL 2 Continues: story of forced landings through engine misfires during flight in DH2 from Hounslow to Gosport, 2/1916. Aspects of period with 24 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps at Bertangles, 1916: background to crash landing on 11 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps airfield; German anti-aircraft fire; story of shooting German LVG down intact, 18/6/1916. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Morgan, W A C | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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