In this section, there are a number of short articles and other links relating to the 1916 - 1939 era. Please click on the photographs below to access the articles.
The Association is indebted to the Western Front Association and to Colin Buxton for this outstanding presentation on Naval Eight Squadron between 1916 and 1918.
Click on the picture on the left to view the presentation, which Colin gave to the Western Front Association in York on 12 November 2022.
In a Cupboard at Coningsby…..
The Association is indebted to WO 29 Sqn at RAF Coningsby, who found an album of photographs of 208 Sqn in Ismalia in Egypt in 1925 behind a cabinet in one of the 29 Sqn offices. Given that 208 Sqn has never been stationed at RAF Coningsby, it was a very curious but welcome find. Click on the picture on the right to view selected images from the album.
Henry Botterell’s Log Book
Click on the picture on the left to view the pages of Flight Lieutenant Henry Botterell’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from his first sortie at Manston on 7 April 1918 through his arrival on 208 Squadron at Serny on 11 May 1918 to his demobilisation on 20 March 1919. These include details of his famous ‘Balloon Buster’ sortie from Tramecourt on 29 August 1918.
