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De Havilland bomber at Abercrave, 1918, photograph
unknown
(Photographer)
De Havilland bomber with a large crowd gathered around it. The pilot was W.J. Hamilton Morgan a First World War pilot who became homesick after doing 27 dangerous missions in France. In 1918 he flew the plane to Abercrave where this picture was taken and was later court martial for this. Apparently the soldiers shaking hands with him were sent to arrest him.
Collection Area
Industry
Item Number
2011.3/2
Historical Associations
Association Type: Place name
Date: 08/1918
Place: Abercrave
Associated Person/Body: Hamilton Morgan, W.J.
Association Type: Associated person
Creation/Production
Acquisition
donation, 6/1/2011
Measurements
Length
(mm): 91
Width
(mm): 140
Techniques
Black and white (monochrome photograph)
Photograph
Material
Card
Location
In store
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