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Description: | British officer served as pilot with 8 Sqdn Royal Naval Air Service on Western Front, 1917-1918
REEL 1 Recollections of period as officer flying Sopwith Triplanes and Camels with 8 Sqdn, Royal Naval Air Service based at France, 5/1917: question of loneliness of flying; forced landing with Sopwith Pup whilst with 11 Sqdn, Royal Naval Air Service; personal morale during air combat; illustrative stories comparing flying characteristics of Sopwith Triplane and Camels; question of accuracy of machine gun fire required to shoot down aircraft.
REEL 2 Continues: Aspects of period learning to fly with Royal Naval Air Service at Redcar and Cranwell, 10/1916-3/1917: reasons for recruitment to Royal Naval Air Service, 9/1916; flying characteristics of Caudron; engine problem inherent in Gnome used in Avro 504; securing posting to single seater scouts; course at Aerial Gunnery School, Freiston; use of Lewis machine gun. Period flying patrols over English Channel whilst based at Dover, 3/1917. Recollections of period as officer flying Sopwith Triplane with 8 Sqdn, Royal Naval Air Service on Western Front, 5/1917-1/1918: prior attachment to 11 Sqdn, Royal Naval Air Service; senior officers; role assisting Royal Flying Corps in Arras area; value of experience in landing at Dover airfield.
REEL 3 Continues: nature of relationship with Royal Flying Corps; escorting aircraft of 16 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps; responding to army notification of German spotter aircraft; advanced airfield at Mazin Garbe; effectiveness of German anti-aircraft fire; climbing ability of Sopwith Triplane; effects of wind; importance of good eyesight; use of letter code to communicate with pilots from ground; patrol activity; aircraft recognition; story of naming aircraft; story of flight by Lieutenant Waldhausen over Mazin Garbe; story of Waldhausen being shot down by Captain Booker after shooting down British kite balloon.
REEL 4 Continues: story of Waldhausen being shot down by Booker after shooting down British kite balloon; subsequent controversy over Waldhausen shooting at British observer parachuting from balloon and dispute with Captain Edward Mannock of 40 Sqdn as to whether Lieutenant Tudhope had shot down Waldhausen; post-war meeting with Waldhausen including discussion of how he was shot down, reason for shooting at observer and circumstances of flight over Mazin Garbe; German bombing raids on airfield; opinion of Major Draper and his inability to stand up to Mannock over Waldhausen affair; question of parachutes; effects of shots fired at Waldhausen; anti-aircraft fire; grass airfields; horse riding; visit to front line.
REEL 5 Continues: Various postings with Royal Naval Air Service and RAF in GB, 1/1918-4/1918: flight demonstrating stunt flying at high altitude in DH4; development and treatment of mastoid abscess; flying DH9 on coastal patrols; flying above torpedoed ship to keep submarine submerged; posting as staff officer to Air Ministry; visit to HMS Furious; flights in difficult circumstances. Aspects of period as officer flying Sopwith Triplanes and Camels with 8 Sqdn, Royal Naval Air Service based at France, 5/1917-1/1918: effects of cold when flying and special clothing; story of being shot down whilst attacking German decoy aircraft. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Thompson, Herbert | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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