Dovercourt Sub-Section
~ 1912 ~ Commander Sampson landing at Harwich (1912) H&D ~
WWI hero "Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson" coming ashore in 1912.
Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO & Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 – 5 February 1931) was a British naval aviation pioneer. He was one of the first four officers selected for pilot training by the Royal Navy and was the first person to fly an aircraft from a moving ship.
He also commanded the first British armoured vehicles used in combat.
Transferring to the Royal Air Force on its creation in 1918, Samson held command of several groups in the immediate post-War period and the 1920's.
The flying boats operated from Felixstowe across from Harwich, which was one of the busiest military bases in W.W.1 with the Harwich Force of ships, submarines and Hydroplanes.
Air Commodore Charles Rumney Samson CMG, DSO & Bar, AFC (8 July 1883 – 5 February 1931) was a British naval aviation pioneer. He was one of the first four officers selected for pilot training by the Royal Navy and was the first person to fly an aircraft from a moving ship.
He also commanded the first British armoured vehicles used in combat.
Transferring to the Royal Air Force on its creation in 1918, Samson held command of several groups in the immediate post-War period and the 1920's.
The flying boats operated from Felixstowe across from Harwich, which was one of the busiest military bases in W.W.1 with the Harwich Force of ships, submarines and Hydroplanes.
~ 1912 ~ Harwich Harbour Floating Dock & Samson's Shed (1912) H&D ~
~ 1913 ~ Hydroplane Harwich (1913) H&D ~
~ 1913 ~ #8 Commander Sampson's Hydroplane at Shotley (1913) H&D ~
~ 1914 ~ "Flying Boats" on the runway, at Felixstowe (1914) H&D ~
~ 1914 ~ Seaplanes over Harwich Harbour & Felixstowe (1914) Emeny H&D ~
~ 1916 ~ Commander Samson's Plane (1916) H&D ~
~ 1916 ~ "N.S.7" Airship Over Harwich (1916) H&D ~
The North Sea Class Airship "N.S.7" over Parkeston Quay, Harwich (1916).
~ 1916 ~ Zeppelin Fragment, from 27 Nelson Rd, Dovercourt (1917) H&D ~
~ 1918 ~ The "Felixstowe Fury" (1918) H&D ~
~ 1928 ~ Harwich Harbour "Flying Boats" (1928) H&D ~
~ 1940 ~ A lone Spitfire over the Lighthouse's, at Dovercourt Bay (1940) H&D ~
~ 1943 ~ Blenhiem's Over Harwich (1943) H&D ~
Royal Doulton Ltd Edition Plate "Blenheim Over Harwich by Roy Huxley
This is the tenth Issue in the "Heroes Over Home Territory" Series
This is the tenth Issue in the "Heroes Over Home Territory" Series
~ 1944 ~ Part of the American Air-force Crossing Harwich (Christmas Eve 1944) H&D ~
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