Image: Winston Churchill With Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps, 1914. CH4778

Description: Winston Churchill With Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps, 1914. First Lord of the Admiralty, Winston Churchill (centre, facing camera), stands in front of Short Type S.38 Biplane (a.k.a. Short S.77), No. 66, of the Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps, during a visit to Eastchurch, Kent. No. 66, seen here with a Vickers Maxim gun fitted on the front of the gondola, was used for experimental gun and wireless installation tests at Eastchurch. On the extreme right stands Commander C R Samson, Commanding Officer of the Eastchurch Naval Flying School. The Naval Wing of the RFC was renamed the Royal Naval Air Service on 1 July 1914.
Title: Winston Churchill With Naval Wing of the Royal Flying Corps, 1914. CH4778
Credit: http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib//38/media-38689/large.jpg This is photograph CH 4778 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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