Tuesday
24th October 1916: The boys of Bedford School have enjoyed a
lecture by Captain Court-Treat of the Royal Flying Corps on the organisation
and work of that organisation. He explained how the Flying Corps was divided up
into brigades, wings, and squadrons, with the squadron a complete fighting unit
in itself, including a repair shop. Their numbers had increased dramatically
since the outbreak of the war. The work of the Flying Corps includes not just
fighting the enemy, but also preventing enemy planes making reconnaissance over
British lines. The difficulties of the Flying Corps’ own scouts in spotting
important features such as bridges and railways, and in detecting hidden
batteries, were explained.
The lecture was illustrated
with an excellent series of slides. These included pictures of the flying
machines used, the latest being a Curtiss battleplane with two engines and room
for five people. There were also photographs of the German trenches, and of
other fields of battle ranging from Ypres to a reservoir in Egypt.
Source: The Ousel,
4th November 1916 [ref: Z447/23]
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