Wed 26th June 1918 Grossa aerodrome - Before the drop. L to R Lt Col Mitchell, Capt Bowen, Capt McClure.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2004-06-91-3-9
Description
Photograph: Wed 26th June Grossa aerodrome - Before the drop. L to R Lt Col Mitchell, Capt Bowen, Capt McClure. 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.
Campaigns
World War One, Air Operations (1914-1918), World War One, Italy (1915-1918)