This was Greg’s first day on the Western Front, and it nearly ended in disaster, as his log book (laconically) and diary (rather more more fully) explain: Date: 4.6.18 Hour: 10 am Machine type and No.: RE8 No.: E102 Passenger: Lt. Marsh Time: 1 hr Height: 2500 Course: Inspection of line. Remarks:  Engine conked. Crashed … Continue reading Tuesday 4 June 1918 – Near Disaster on the First Day on the Front