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Royal Flying Corps (later Royal Air Force), service personnel during the First World War.
No.2 Squadron at Seaton Carew - 1914In 1914, ten BE-2 aircraft from No.2 Squadron landed on Seaton Carew beach as one 'hop' in their journey from Montrose to Salisbury Plain. Their arrival generated very large crowds!
Film footage of their arrival can be seen on Youtube at this link - http://youtu.be/1T384Hd2syw
The Hockett Family (1)
Donated by Mrs. Liz MilesTaken in 1918, this fairly relaxed Hockett family photograph shows (l to r): Horace William (in his Royal Flying Corps uniform), Olive Booth, Horace James, Ivy and Annie.
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