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Lieutenant W. R. Freeman Locating the Enemys Batteries And Giving Information By Wireless Messages To The British Artillery. - Cranston Military Prints

Lieutenant W. R. Freeman Locating the Enemys Batteries And Giving Information By Wireless Messages To The British Artillery.


Lieutenant W. R. Freeman Locating the Enemys Batteries And Giving Information By Wireless Messages To The British Artillery.

Flying over the German lines, Lieutenant W. R. Freeman, of the Manchester Regiment and Royal Flying Corps, located the position of batteries, and conveyed the information by wireless messages from his aeroplane to the British artillery. Although the enemys bullets pierced his propeller and planes, he remained aloft for more than five hours during the day. For his gallantry, ability, and the very valuable work he performed, Lieutenant Freeman was deservedly awarded the M.C.
Item Code : DTE0752Lieutenant W. R. Freeman Locating the Enemys Batteries And Giving Information By Wireless Messages To The British Artillery. - Editions Available
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First World War antique black and white book plate published c.1916-18 of glorious acts of heroism during the Great War. This plate may also have text on the reverse side which does not affect the framed side. Title and text describing the event beneath image as shown. Paper size 10.5 inches x 8.5 inches (27cm x 22cm)none£6 Off!
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Droning over the coast en route to another night attack on mainland Britain, the Zeppelins top gun platform goes into action as BE.2 fighters wheel around the gas-filled giants, trying desperately to fire their Brock, Pomeroy and Sparklet ammunition into the volatile gasbags that lay beneath the Zeppelins skin. Often freezing cold, always vulnerable, the defensive gunners occupied a tiny, sunken recess on the very top of the airship, shielded from the buffeting winds only by a shallow screen and their thick leather flying suits. Just a handrail and a shallow step lay between them and a vertiginous drop over the rolling sides of their massive craft. Their air-cooled Parabellum MG.14 machine guns did little to repulse their attackers, whilst the great Zeppelins offered themselves as huge, bloated targets for ground artillery as well as the brave pilots of the RFC.

Zeppelin Gunners by Ivan Berryman.		 Albert Ball in his Nieuport 17 having just shot down a German LVG. His aircraft, A134, was distinctive in having a bright red spinner. He was the first Royal Flying Corps pilot to score a hat-trick (3 kills on a single mission) and, in the course of his career, scored another two on his way to his outstanding 44 victories.

Albert Ball by Ivan Berryman. 		An aviation engineer from Australia, he served with the Royal Flying Corps during World War One before designing and testing many aircraft and forming his own company - Percival Aircraft Ltd, best known for the Percival Proctor military plane. He died in 1984. <br><br><b>Please note that this particular signature has been written in pen - not in pencil like most of our signatures.</b><br>

Clipped Signature - Edgar Percival.		Lieutenant Leefe-Robinsons BE2C, converted to single-seater night-fighter configuration, destroying the German SL11 over Hertfordshire on the night of 2/3 September, 1916. Robinson attacked the SL11 from below, raking it with incendiary fire, before turning and diving past the airship for another attack. As he did so, the airship exploded into flames and crashed into a field near Cuffley, killing all sixteen crew. For this action, Leefe-Robinson was awarded the VC.

William Leefe-Robinson by Ivan Berryman.
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