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17 October 1999, 07:50 AM
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My grandfather was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps/RAF at Catterick where he worked servicing aircraft. In letters he has referred to teaching Americans how to serice the engines/aircraft. Believe he worked for Siddley Deasey, Coventry. Interested in finding out what aircraft he would have worked on.
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19 October 1999, 03:23 AM
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American aircraft engines used automotive type ignition systems while the Brits used magnetos. I would guess thet the Americans would be trained on the various engines used in the DH4 and DH9's.
Roll Royce, Sunbeam, Napier come to mind.
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30 October 1999, 05:00 AM
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He certainly would (already?} have been trained on the Curtiss OX-5, the Hall-Scott, and possibly the Liberty engines as well as the various Le Rhone, Gnome and Bentley engines.
I've searched the web for weeks but I cannot find a copy of Aviation Engines by Victor W. Page, which would give more details. Page was an instructor at Issodoun, which may have been his next stop. |
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