Maxwell Hutcheon Findlay

[rossf9]

Hi all - an ancestor of mine, Maxwell Findlay was a pilot in WWI. I’ve read that he was involved in many aerial battles - are there records that would give more detail of who he shot down, where and more detail of the battle itself? Were pilots required to provide a report after every flight?

I’ve attached his military record if helpful.

Thanks!

AIR-76-161-68.pdf

[MikeMeech]

2 hours ago, rossf9 said:

Hi all - an ancestor of mine, Maxwell Findlay was a pilot in WWI. I’ve read that he was involved in many aerial battles - are there records that would give more detail of who he shot down, where and more detail of the battle itself? Were pilots required to provide a report after every flight?

I’ve attached his military record if helpful.

Thanks!

AIR-76-161-68.pdf 5.95 MB · 3 downloads

Hi

'Above the Trenches' by Shores, Franks & Guest has the following:

Mike

 

[sadbrewer]

This might be interesting

Courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive.

There is an absolute mass of articles in the Archive...you'll need to take a short subscription to view them...it will be well worth it.

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers?date=1900-01-01&date_offsetdate=1949-12-31&firstname=maxwell&lastname=findlay&modifiedfacets=true&exactnames=true&exactkeywords=false&o=date&_=1667159998650&page=2

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 30 October , 2022 by sadbrewer

[rossf9]

22 hours ago, MikeMeech said:

Hi

'Above the Trenches' by Shores, Franks & Guest has the following:

Mike

 

Thank you - this is amazing. Can you let me know what each of the columns mean?

 

19 hours ago, sadbrewer said:

This might be interesting

Courtesy of the British Newspaper Archive.

There is an absolute mass of articles in the Archive...you'll need to take a short subscription to view them...it will be well worth it.

https://search.findmypast.co.uk/search/british-newspapers?date=1900-01-01&date_offsetdate=1949-12-31&firstname=maxwell&lastname=findlay&modifiedfacets=true&exactnames=true&exactkeywords=false&o=date&_=1667159998650&page=2

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks - I've had a good search of the newspaper archives!

[rossf9]

23 hours ago, MikeMeech said:

Hi

'Above the Trenches' by Shores, Franks & Guest has the following:

Mike

 

Do you know the original source for this data? I've found the Operations reports for 201 squadron but some of the victories aren't discussed there. 

[MikeMeech]

27 minutes ago, rossf9 said:

Do you know the original source for this data? I've found the Operations reports for 201 squadron but some of the victories aren't discussed there. 

Hi

This is the authors' explanation of their system: 

Mike

[rossf9]

On 31/10/2022 at 17:23, MikeMeech said:

Hi

This is the authors' explanation of their system: 

Mike

That's great - thanks so much