Doniford scenes with DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft and Royal Air Force personnel.
Title
Doniford scenes with DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft and Royal Air Force personnel.
Description
Top left, a DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft on the left in front of a hangar. A man is standing under the starboard wing. To the right a crane.
Top centre a DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft being loaded onto a launching track. A man is holding guide line and other men are standing by the cradle on the launch track.
Top right, a DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft floating at sea with starboard wing an float partially submerged. In the foreground the side of a ship.
Middle left, a ship alongside Watchet Harbour quay with other smaller ships moving on the water.
Middle centre, a launch with men trying to grab a DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft which is floating behind. In the foreground, the side of another ship.
Middle right, A tented camp on a beach with lorries parked in front of a row of tents.
Bottom left, Watchet Harbour.
Bottom centre, on the left a launch with a line attached to a virtually submerged DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft. In the background a Watchet Harbour with buildings.
Bottom right, on the left side six pilots, four sitting and two standing, wearing tunics. Four have side caps and two peaked caps. In the background three buildings.
Additional information kindly provided by Frank Schilder.
Top centre a DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft being loaded onto a launching track. A man is holding guide line and other men are standing by the cradle on the launch track.
Top right, a DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft floating at sea with starboard wing an float partially submerged. In the foreground the side of a ship.
Middle left, a ship alongside Watchet Harbour quay with other smaller ships moving on the water.
Middle centre, a launch with men trying to grab a DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft which is floating behind. In the foreground, the side of another ship.
Middle right, A tented camp on a beach with lorries parked in front of a row of tents.
Bottom left, Watchet Harbour.
Bottom centre, on the left a launch with a line attached to a virtually submerged DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft. In the background a Watchet Harbour with buildings.
Bottom right, on the left side six pilots, four sitting and two standing, wearing tunics. Four have side caps and two peaked caps. In the background three buildings.
Additional information kindly provided by Frank Schilder.
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Nine b/w photographs mounted on an album page
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PClydeSmithD16020022
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“Doniford scenes with DH.82B Queen Bee aircraft and Royal Air Force personnel.,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 22, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/8449.
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