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SE5A Interplane Strut

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1917-1918, Cosford, Hangar Two, 72/A/508

On 30 July 1918 Group Captain Ira 'Taffy' Jones, flying SE5A D6895 with No. 74 Squadron, fought a German Rumpler aircraft. During the engagement, this wing strut from his aircraft was damaged by gunfire (the bullet damage can be seen). After despatching the Rumpler, Jones went on to shoot down a second German aircraft before landing, when his aircraft collapsed.

Wooden stick-shaped support with metal-covered ends, © RAF Museum

Pilot's flying log book of Captain Meredith Thomas, 7 January 1917-22 April 1919

Archives, 07 JAN 1917-07 JAN 1946, In Storage, X007-1391/001/001

Thomas joined the Queen's Westminster Rifles as a rifleman in August 1914 and served for nearly two years in the trenches of the Western Front.

Army Book 425., Army Book 425.

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a (D8434)

Photographs, In Storage, P020965

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a. Aircraft serial D8434.

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a, starboard view, on ground, Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a (D8434)

Photographs, In Storage, P020964

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a. Aircraft serial D8434.

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5a, starboard front view on ground., Please contact Museum Copyright Officer or Collection Curator before using this asset / RAF Museum

Recording of an interview with Christopher Benjamin Henry Lefroy, 27 July 1978

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/26

Interview with Christopher Lefroy, who served as a pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force during the First World War before being taken prisoner.

Image pending

Photograph album and scrap books of Group Captain Arthur Percy Besley, 1918-1941

Archives, In Storage, X008-9288

Pages from a photograph album and three scrap books compiled by Group Captain Arthur Percy Besley. The photograph album pages relate to his flying training at the end of the First World War and the scrap books to his involvement with Barrage Balloons in the Second World War.

Scrap book regarding barrage balloon operations, Consult the curator