A british bomber guy...

1 January 2000, 06:24 AM

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Anywho I am reading "Goodbye to all that", by Robert Graves and on page 58 (before WWI) he says of people at his school, Charterhouse [in England], which did things.. a brief mention comes here to an aviator:

"Young Sturgess, who had been my study fag, distinguished himself more unforetunately by flying the first heavy bombing machine** of a new pattern across the channel on his first trip to France: He made a perfect landing (having made mistaken his course) at an aerodrome behind German lines."
Taken from 'Goodbye to all that', Autobio by Robert Graves. Copyright © renewed 1985

2 January 2000, 03:24 AM

I suspect that the incident in question is the loss of HP 0/100 1463. This aircraft was delivered into German hands by it's crew when they became lost. It was crewed by Lt Vereker,
Lt Hibbard, LM Kennedy, and AM's Wright and Higby.
Maybe Graves changed the name? I remember another aircraft on it's delivery flight landing in German territory (FE 2d?) but it wouldn,t be classed as a heavy bomber.

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