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Photographic illustrations from publications of the Royal United Service Institution., Circa 1920-1931.

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 36
Identifier: Subsubseries 1.2.2:

Contents:

  • H.M. airship R.33 [1919], circa 1920-1925.
  • U.S. naval airship "Akron", 1931.
  • Armstrong Whitworth Argosy [1926], 1923.
  • Avro Lynx (Oxford University air squadron, 1929.
  • (recto): Blackburn Dart [1923] (N9540) leaving H.M.S. Furious.
    (verso): H.M. airship R.101 (G-FAAW) [1929].
    From a model. Note: 2 copies.
  • Blackburn Iris flying boat, 1926.
  • (top) Cierva C.8V/AVRO 586 autogiro (G-EBTX), 1928.
    (bottom) Cierva C.9 autogiro (J-8931), 1928.
    Note: see AVRO and ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH Production at HAMBLE (http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/ah1900/avawprod.html) (accessed 23 May 2011).
  • De Havilland D.H. 9A day bomber. "Flight Vic", 3 planes in close formation, 1922.
  • De Havilland D.H. 66 Hercules (G-EBMW), as used by Imperial Airways on the Cairo-Basra service, 1928. Note: crashed near Koepang, April 19, 1931.
  • Dornier Do.X flying boat, 1929.
  • Fairey long-range monoplane (K1991), 1931.
  • Hawker Hart day bomber (J9937), 1930.
  • Short S8 Calcutta flying boat (G-EBVG), 1929.
  • (recto, top): Short [S.184] Seaplane off Lee-on-Solent, 1920.
    (recto, bottom): Sopwith Camel flying off ship's deck, 1920
    (verso, bottom): Royal Aircraft Factory B.E. 2e [1916] in flight doing contact patrol.
  • Vickers Virginia night bomber (1922). Note: 2 copies.
  • Saudi Arabia, Arabian Survey flight, typical coastal country, circa 1925.
  • Iraq, circa 1925.
    (recto): Rowanduz country, Kurdistan.
    (verso): Hinaidi Aerodrome (near Bagdad).
  • Dates

    • Creation: Circa 1920-1931.

    Creator

    Access

    The collection is open to researchers when Special Collections is open, and at other times by appointment. There are no access restrictions.

    Extent

    From the Collection: 16.25 Linear Feet ( (13 archive boxes, 6 archive half-boxes, 8 clam-shell boxes, 3 shoe boxes, 15 oversize print boxes))

    Language of Materials

    From the Collection: English

    Repository Details

    Part of the 01 - Special Collections & Archives, The Claremont Colleges Library Repository

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