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[Servicemen in flight gear]
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2019-01-30_image_079
Source
The Lionel Cherry Gilmour World War I Collection (2019-01-30), Box 1, Folder 5
Description
Photographic postcard of Royal Air Force servicemen in flight gear at Wantage Hall, Reading, England, circa 1917. Lionel Cherry Gilmour is in the back row.
Inscription on verso: "In training - England - 1917. Wantage Hall. Reading, England. First day of issue of flying equipment. As yet had only seen a plane and that was in the sky. L. C. Gilmour middle man in back row.”
Creation Date
circa 1917
Subject
World War, 1914-1918
Soldiers
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Air pilots, Military
Gilmour, Lionel Cherry, 1891-1973
Place
Reading (England)
England
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photographic postcards
Bibliographic Citation
The Lionel Cherry Gilmour World War I Collection/The Museum of Flight
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No copyright - United States
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[Servicemen in flight gear]
, [2019-01-30_image_079]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 07/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/21375
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