the ROYAL AIR FORCE - PER ARDUA AD ASTRA [Main]


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  • Other title(s): INSPECTION OF CADETS, SCHOOL OF MILITARY AERONAUTICS OXFORD (ledger title) [alternative]
  • Year: 1918
  • Runtime: 4 mins
  • Description: The cadets are paraded before a senior officer, possibly the school commandant. They march out of the school main gates. "Course Number 1" shows various planes on the nearby airfield, including a Bristol F2B Fighter with a Puma engine. A pilot and instructor remove their flying leathers after a flight. One BE2c, used for instruction, has had part of its fabric removed so that the wires can be seen joining the controls to the tail surfaces. Using stop-action, the plane is dismantled piece by piece, leaving at last the fuselage, then nothing at all.
    RAF cadets training, probably at the School of Military Aeronautics, Oxford, 1918.
  • Keywords: EFG1914 / World War I / Royal Air Force, School of Military Aeronautics / training, British air - specialist / aircraft, British - combat: Bristol F2B Fighter / equipment, British - propulsion: Puma engine & [-] / aircraft, British - combat: Royal Aircraft Establishment BE2 / 31/3(41) / GB, England & Oxford area, Oxon
  • Provider: Imperial War Museums
  • Rights: In Copyright / Imperial War Museums
  • Colour: Black & White
  • Sound: Without sound

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