RFC in Italy 1917-18

[dinomartino1]

Airmen of No. 28 Squadron RAF by Officer Hambley's Sopwith Camel biplane in the Piave River.

Captains Hursthouse and Wilson of No. 28 Squadron RAF by a Bristol F.2B fighter biplane, Florence.

Roy Foss of No. 28 Squadron RAF by his Sopwith Camel biplane (serial number E1502), Florence.

Captain C. McEwen of No. 28 Squadron RAF by his Sopwith Camel biplane (serial number 8239D), Florence.

Rear view of a pilot in a Sopwith Camel biplane about to "take off".

Officers of the Royal Flying Corps seated around a table during a banquet.

British pilots of No. 45 Squadron RFC talking to Italian airmen at an aerodrome. Lieutenant Henry Moody is second from the right and Second Lieutenant Raymond Brownell can be seen in the right background (in his flying kit).

Lieutenant Henry Moody and Second Lieutenant Raymond Brownell MC MM of No. 45 Squadron RFC.

Sopwith Camel biplanes of No. 45 Squadron RFC lined up at an aerodrome. Serial numbers B3929, B515, B2494.

Captured Austro-Hungarian flying boat (serial number K 434).

 

[dinomartino1]

Journalists inspecting Caproni bombers.

A Caproni twin-engine bomber taking off from an aerodrome in Milan.

Air mechanics preparing to make fast a Caquot kite balloon.

Captain Wilson of No. 28 Squadron RAF by his Sopwith Camel biplane, Florence.

 

[dinomartino1]

Sopwith Camel biplanes of No. 45 Squadron RFC lined up at an aerodrome.

German troops inflating balloons used to test the wind for aircraft.

Captain John Cottle, No 45 Squadron, explains the detail of an Austro-Hungarian Phoenix biplane which he brought down in a British aerodrome on the Italian Front.

 

[John Lever]

Great photos thanks for sharing.

 

[ausreenactor]

Spiffing... As always

 

[B-Man2]

Great stuff Dino!