202 Squadron, R.A.F., Aerial reconnaisance
£1,440
Auction: 16 May 2008 at 12:00 BST
Description
Album of 48 photographs of airplanes, bomb craters, Kaiser reviewing troops in Bruges, German troops, aerial reconnaisance, Zeebrugge mole and harbour, anti-aircraft batteries, Pervyse ruins, most captioned beneath in ink, a few with captions in the negatives, brown suede; Album of 38 photographs including aerial reconnaissance photographs, one annotated "lair of the 16" German naval gun", biplane, zeppelin in shelter, dead troops and horses, a tank, explosion, allied commanders, and 22 of Zeppelins 9, R26, R32, R33, R34 (9 x 12cm), half morocco; Album of 47 similiar photographs but including some of amateur dramatics, Album of airplanes, 80 HP Renault, Avro, BE22, Armstrong Whitworth 90 R.A.F., BE2c, BE2d, De H4, DeH9 and others, engines & personnel, 6 x 10cm; and a quantity of family papers relating to the Coulthard family of Ulverston
Footnote
Note: The photographs were taken by Lt. Robert Coulthard, R.A.F., who was shot down off the Mole at Zeebrugge. His parents were advised of his death, but a newspaper clipping reports that he was later reported prisoner. No. 2 Squadron RNAS was renumbered No. 202 Squadron on 1 April 1918 and flew reconnaissance, bombing and escort sorties.