| Accession Number | P12435.015 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Cape Helles Area, Cape Helles |
| Date made | c 1915 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
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A Maurice Farman biplane, MF465, attached to Number 3 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, then ...
Description
A Maurice Farman biplane, MF465, attached to Number 3 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, then based on the nearby island of Tenedos on a temporary airfield at Cape Helles. These planes were used to take the aerial photographs of the Gallipoli peninsula. Hugh Dolan's book: 'Gallipoli Air War. The Unknown Story for the Fight for the Skies over Gallipoli' (2013) records that a forward aerodrome was surveyed at Cape Helles. 'A flat stretch of earth was levelled ending at the Divisional Headquarters.... In the first week of May three shuttle flights brought spares, oil, fuel and ground crew to service two airframes based at this forward aerodrome. By 5 May it was a working forward base'. The location of the aerodrome proved unsuitable and the land was put to other uses from the end of June. One of fifteen panorama photographs of the Cape Helles region of the Gallipoli peninsula.