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Old 12 September 2007, 04:49 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Smile Heliopolis to Jerusalem photos offer & query

Hello - I'm new. This site is great!
My grandfather Charles Taylor was a WW1 RFC mechanic who journeyed from Heliopolis to Jerusalem and I have a set of about 20 photos of that journey I'd gladly to email to anyone interested. Some are annotated, such as two of No5 Fighting School Heliopolis. Another is an excellent aeriel view of a parade (?) on a beach, I think Cairo? Great if you zoom in. I understand he worked on SE5a's -am no expert but the planes in photos may be SE5a's. He made photo frames out of mahogany looking wood he said came from SE5a propellers. Another photo is "Captain Dobbie 1/2 hour before he died" - I understand Capt Dobbie died Dec 1918 per CMWGC site. Others show, mechanics being allotted planes, him & his pals at the pyramids and at famous locations in Jerusalem.

In return can anyone tell me how I can find out about the RFC journey from Heliopolis to Jerusalem. Apologies if this is all old hat or a daft question to members!

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Old 19 September 2007, 10:39 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Hello
I've been researching the RFC/RAF in the Middle East for years and would be very interested in your photographs. Records for units out there are mostly non-existent but there are Brigade and Wing War Diaries, so there may not be a record of his journey. Do you know your grandfather's service number as it may be possible to find out which unit he was with from personnel records?
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