Some fascinating WWI training materials

[bilboleslie]

A friend just showed me these. He inherited them from his grandfather.  Way, cool.

[Old Forge]

Hi @bilboleslie, cool indeed, there's a lot of care gone into preparing those. Does your friend know how/why his GF ended up with them as they look as though they'd be for collective use (eg issued to a squadron) rather than for individuals.

All the best,

Richard

[Stereoview Paul]

They remind me of the WW2 viewmaster training reels produced for the US Navy although they had identification as well as targeting variants

[bilboleslie]

4 hours ago, Old Forge said:

Hi @bilboleslie, cool indeed, there's a lot of care gone into preparing those. Does your friend know how/why his GF ended up with them as they look as though they'd be for collective use (eg issued to a squadron) rather than for individuals.

All the best,

Richard

The little flip notebook was clearly his personal training guide - filled with little notes to himself. The bigger pieces are on hard cardboard, and certainly could have been a group training aid. I haven't researched grandpa, but that's a good point. Did he just keep them at the end of the war, or was he an instructor?  Good thoughts.

2 hours ago, Stereoview Paul said:

They remind me of the WW2 viewmaster training reels produced for the US Navy although they had identification as well as targeting variants

Yeah, I expected identification stuff - but none there. (I have tons of that from WWII.)  The package included a leather flying "cap" and a bunch of medals and ribbons, many of which are WWII. I haven't researched them yet...

[FionaBam]

What treasures for your friend! Thanks for the photos.

Will you be reporting back your research on grandpa? 

Would be fascinating to know which service ( RFC/ RNAS/RAF) grandpa served with and which Squadron or as an  instructor which School!

For gunlayers descendants   @LlamaZero

[bilboleslie]

4 hours ago, FionaBam said:

What treasures for your friend! Thanks for the photos.

Will you be reporting back your research on grandpa? 

Would be fascinating to know which service ( RFC/ RNAS/RAF) grandpa served with and which Squadron or as an  instructor which School!

For gunlayers descendants   @LlamaZero

You bet. Thanks for the reminder.

[FionaBam]

Well hope you have time! Didn't mean to be pushy

[bilboleslie]

I'll make time. Too good to ignore.