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Captain C D W Archer

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  • Michael Day said:
    There are a few mentions of a C. D. W. Archer in the London Gazette:

    6 March 1900, p. 1531: "War Office, 6th March, 1900. HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF LONDON. The undermentioned Second Lieutenants to be Lieutenants :-- [...] C. D. W. Archer. Dated 7th March, 1900."

    9 September 1904, p. 5846: "War Office, 9th September, 1904. HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY OF LONDON [...] Lieutenant C. D. W. Archer resigns his Commission and retires into the Veteran Company. Dated 10th September, 1904."

    23 October 1918, p. 12556: [War Office, 23rd October, 1918] "Rly. Traffic Officers [...] Cl. HH. -- Temp. Capt. C. D. W. Archer, R.A. 4th Sept. 1918"

    24 June 1921, p. 5081: "War Office, 24th June, 1921. REGULAR FORCES [...] Hd.-Qrs of Admin. Servs. and Depts. Rly. Traffic Officer (Cl. GG). -- Temp. Capt. C. D. W. Archer, R.A. 21st May 1921.

    The Army List from 1901, p. 853, suggests that his full name is Charles Douglas Ward Archer: archive.org/details/newannualarmy1901lond

    See also: discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/details/C10677...

15_002654 Vought Chesapeake I

  • John in Boston said:
    Vought, not Wright.
  • Roly said:
    It was the Vought SB2U Vindicator renamed 'Chesapeake' in Fleet Air Arm (Royal Navy) service
  • John Sanders said:
    How many men crewed it?
  • Ed Dempsey said:
    Crew not listed in my source. Span listed as 42 ft. Length:33 ft., 11 in.. Height: 9 ft., 10 in. Gross weight: 6,500 lbs. Maximum speed: "over 250 mph." Range: 1,000 miles. Powered by Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp Junior of 750 hp. Bomb load: 1,000 lbs. Armament consisted of four fixed machine guns ( cal. not specified) in the wing roots, and one "movable" aft-facing machine gun in the rear cockpit. Source: Aeronautics Aircraft Spotter's Handbook, by Ens. L.C. Guthman. Published NYC, 1943