bristolfighter

Is the photographer the same Frank Hurley who was on the famous Antarctic voyage with Shackelton?

Hi Van Felt Yes, it is the same Frank Hurley: you can read about him on our website. You can see more of his images at the National Library of Australia. Liz (admin for the Australian War Memorial)

These early color photos are quite a trip to gaze at... wonderful stuff... Fade to Black...

Another priceless old photo ! .

kul

Here is a cleaned version of this iconic image

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Goggles, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

The Bristol Fighter had some beef behind it. From Uxbridge I passed out and was posted to the fighter training squadron at Crail, Scotland.

I did about thirty hours flying; half of it solo. By the end I could do quite a few tricks, looping the loop, roll spins and all the rest of it. I had a good instructor, Captain Dean. These instructors were all pilots from France. They got the wind up and had been sent home. Couldn’t take any more of it. He was a real ‘B,’ this Captain Dean. He used to swear and curse at you. He’d been shot down in No Man’s Land and had been rescued. If you did anything silly he’d shout. “What the hell are you doing, you’ll kill your bloody self!” All of this & more in a 25,000 word verbatim memoir from interviews conducted with Jack Wilson MM in his 97th year.

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Australian Flying Corps AFC, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Beautiful Vintage Memory, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

Lots more on Hudson Fysh here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson_Fysh. Plus yay for distant relatives of mine (well, my husband's) showing up in the Commons!