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APW · 7 January 2006, 03:42 AM

Peter Liddell's "Airman's War 1914-18" mentions the training of pilots in Egypt by three reserve squadrons commencing in the summer of 1916 with the No 3 School of Military Aerronautics being formed at Aboukir in November 1916.
No 21 Reserve Squadron is mentioned at Abassia in 1917. Heliopolis and the "splendid accommodation of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel" are also mentioned.

7 January 2006, 03:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
APW Observer Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 45	Peter Liddell's "Airman's War 1914-18" mentions the training of pilots in Egypt by three reserve squadrons commencing in the summer of 1916 with the No 3 School of Military Aerronautics being formed at Aboukir in November 1916. No 21 Reserve Squadron is mentioned at Abassia in 1917. Heliopolis and the "splendid accommodation of the Heliopolis Palace Hotel" are also mentioned.