NAM.2004-06-91-3-2

Photograph: Wed 26th June Grossa aerodrome - Before the drop. L to R Lt Col Mitchell, Capt Bowen, Capt McClure. Capt Bowen is wearing the parachute harness from which the rope can be seen passing down through the rear observer’s seat and forward under the machine to where it is attached to the parachute. The bolts supporting the floor under the rear observers seat can be seen. From a collection of photographs collected by Lt Col John Fillis Carré Carter whilst serving in Intelligence in Italy during World War One (1914-1918). Two trials of a device for dropping a man by parachute through the floor of an Italian Savoia-Pomilio SP4 aircraft, conducted by the RAF at Grossa and S Pelagio aerodromes in June 1918. Printed by the Photographic Section, AP and SS, Italy, 1918. Three officers standing between the tail booms of an SP4 aircraft on the ground, two in flying clothing, 1918.

World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918), World War One, Italy (1915-1918)