asdarley Posted 13 July , 2009 Share Posted 13 July , 2009 Here is a paper found amongst many others. The names may be of interest to Pals out there! The paper is headed "Orders by Major G C S? P de Dombasie Acting Commandant School of Military Aeronautics Royal Flying Corps Reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
per ardua per mare per terram Posted 17 July , 2009 Share Posted 17 July , 2009 What a find! Just as important as the names are the service numbers for the other ranks; RAF service records are in service number order. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john-g Posted 19 July , 2009 Share Posted 19 July , 2009 No1 School of Instruction. Formed 20.12.15 at Co-Operative Wholsale Society Jam Works Reading and disbanded on 24.01.19. They had a mix of airframes including Bristol Scouts, B.E 2c, Sowith Scout, Curtiss, Sopwith 2 Seater(?), F.E.2, Maurice Farman and others. I think this was a ground school rather than a flying school? john_g www.66squadron.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisM Posted 20 July , 2009 Share Posted 20 July , 2009 There's some information online about an RFC pilot trainee who received his initial theoretical training at Reading in early 1917. It's here: http://www.staffshomeguard.co.uk/L5WithFondestLoveTrev.htm The organisation he was associated with was based mainly at the University of Reading, it seems. Whilst they do not appear in the online version of his story I also have a number of manuscript pages which are notes he took during lectures there. Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asdarley Posted 21 July , 2009 Author Share Posted 21 July , 2009 Fascinating stuff! The other papers I have are mostly about balloon handling and exam questions relating to observing artillery fire and reporting back. One question I particularly liked was ... 5: What do you know about fuses from an observers point of view; which do you prefer and which do you dislike most? I think my answer would be any fuse timed to go off anywhere near me is bad! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonraker Posted 7 August , 2009 Share Posted 7 August , 2009 Browsing through one those large National Archives boxes containing a dozen files, I came across this: Air Ministry: Air Historical Branch: Papers (Series I) AIR 1/136/15/40/271 1 School of Instruction - Reading - R.F.C. training. But was the School of Instruction the same as the School of Military Aeronautics? Moonraker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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