Tuesday 23 April 1918 – Unsuccessful Photos (Again)

St George’s Day 1918 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 dawned with clear skies, turning overcast through the course of the morning – but no rain or mist.  So the weather was not to blame for the second unsuccessful attempt at photographs, which followed a routine practice flight.  Both flights were in RE8s:

Log book entry
Log book entry
Date: 23.4.18 
Hour: 7.40 
Instructor: – 
Machine type and No.: RE 4968 
Passenger: – 
Time: 40 mins 
Height: 2000 
Course: Aerodrome 
Remarks: Practice. 1 landing.
Date: 23.4.18 
Hour: 10.50 
Instructor: – 
Machine type and No.: RE 5148 
Passenger: – 
Time: 1 hr 5 m 
Height: 2000 
Course: Photos 
Remarks: Unsuccessful

 

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