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The First World War Memoir of a de Havilland Pilot - Captain F. Williams MC DFC
Undisturbed in an old First World War trunk were medals, logbooks, plane parts . . . and an old manuscript. This was the memoir of Captain Frederick Williams, who flew D.H.4s in photo reconnaissance and bomber raids over Germany. Starting when he was stationed in Nancy in 1918 and ending with his return home with a Croix de Guerre and a DFC to his name, Captain Williams’ vivid descriptions place the reader right in the air alongside him, relaying the thoughts running through his head as events unfolded around him. It is an important insight into the early development of bomber raids within the RAF.
24th September, 2019 in Military
Leave passed all too quickly, and when but ten of the precious fourteen days were gone, a telegram came recalling me to the squadron. The great German offensive on the British Front had begun, and I was almost glad to go. A taxi drive to Filton, which happened…
