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| Lts. Savory and Dickenson on Mudros with one of the B.E. 2c bombers |
Operating from Mudros, two aircraft of C Flight attacked the Zeitunlik powder mills and the Demirkhan gun factory, while a third aircraft bombed the railway station at Adrianople (Edirne). The bombers were the B.E. 2-c.
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| Smyth-Piggott |
There had been other air raids against Smyrna and Gallipoli from Mudros and elsewhere in the Aegean, but this raid was a rund rip of 300 miles and drew attention at the time, though it would be overshadowed by another raid in 1917. While doing little damage at the time, it reportedly alarmed the population of he Ottoman capital.
Later in the war, the RNAS was merged with the Royal Flying Corps, ancestor of the RAF.
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Did you know that the first black air force pilot was Turkish? Can't remember his name, but he was the son of slaves that had to follow their Muslim owners when they had to leave Crete. His family, like many of the Afro-Turks, settled in the Izmir area especially after extracting themselves from agricultural work on the cotton farms. He got an education and made his way into the military school and the rest was history.
Interesting. A future post inshallah.
OK. Ahmet Ali Çelikten. This will be a post soon.I'll glad[y credit you if you want to drop the Anonymous label.
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