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John Cecil Lauga Claxton |
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Name : John Cecil Lauga Claxton Died : 18th June 1930 |
Fg Off John Cecil Lauga Claxton became a F/O on the 29th decv 1929 he was killed when his Bristol Fighter, of the School of Photography, Farnborough Spun and crashed, in Farnborough he was 21 |
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Squadron | Rank | Start of Service | End of Service | Known Dates | Aircraft | Airframes | Notes |
unknown | 18th June 1930 | ||||||
| Aircraft for : John Cecil Lauga Claxton | ||
| A list of all aircraft associated with John Cecil Lauga Claxton. A profile page including a list of all art prints for the aircraft is available by clicking the aircraft name. | ||
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Bristol F2B 
Manufacturer : Bristol Production Began : 1916 Retired : 1932 Number Built : 0 | Bristol F2B The Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2 First World war early two-seater pusher biplane and was used by the Royal Flying Corps as a fighter and also as a day or night bomber. The FE2 was one of the few aircraft which gave the allies the edge over the Fokker aircraft of 1914/1915. In May 1915 the F.E.2b entered service with No 6 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps and it was 20 squadron which was the first squadron to be totally equipped with Fe2 aircraft which was deployed in January 1916. The Fe2B remained in day use throughout 1916 and 1917 and in 1918 was used solely as a night bomber. The FE2b equipped 22 squadrons, 16 of which served in France with the other 6 serving the home defence. As the German fighters got better the FE2B was outclassed and was used only as a light night bomber or used on the home defense front against the Zeppelins. Crew: Two Speed: 80 knots (91.5 mph,) Endurance 3 hours Ceiling 11,000 ft Maximum take off weight 3,037 lbs Length: 32 ft 3 in Height: 12 ft 8 in Wingspan 495 ft² Engine Beardmore 6 cylinder inline piston engine giving 160 HP | |
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School of Photography, Farnborough Country : UK Click the name above to see prints featuring aircraft of School of Photography, Farnborough | School of Photography, Farnborough the School of Photography at South Farnborough. Initially the training courses had to be compressed into a ten-day time scale due to the required numbers of trained men. New buildings were later constructed by German POWs and came into use in 1917 (the only permanent building erected for the Royal flying Corps during the war). At the close of WW1, the improvements in technology (and the introduction of roll film) created enormous potential for map-making photography and aerial reconnaissance. The peace however, was not to last and the stagnation of training between the wars changed into frenzied activity in 1935 by the rise of the Nazi party in Germany. The training programs were rapidly intensified and extra accommodation was quickly provisioned at Farnborough. After the outbreak of the Second World War, it became necessary, by the summer of 1940, to open an additional second school at Blackpool using a hastily converted Technical College (still standing there today). The millions of vital pictures produced by the trained photographers are best known publicly as the post strike pictures of the Dam Busters raid and the discovery of V1 and V2 rocket sites at Peenemunde. | |
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