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SINAI, 1917. FIRST AIR TO AIR MESSAGE. LIEUTENANT JACK TUNBRIDGE AT MUSTABIG LOST ONE WHEEL OFF A MARTINSYDE AIRCRAFT WHEN TAKING OFF TO CHASE A HUN. OUR COMMANDING OFFICER COLONEL WILLIAMS QUICKLY HAD A BLACKBOARD PAINTED WITH THE WORDS "ONE WHEEL OFF" AND FIXED TO A SLOWER BE-2E, AND SET OUT IN THE HOPE OF BEING ABLE TO WARN TUNBRIDGE, BUT DID NOT OVERTAKE HIM. ON RETURNING TUNBRIDGE FIRED A VEREY LIGHT TO SIGNIFY THAT HE WAS AWARE OF THE POSITION AND TURNING, WHEN ABOUT A MILE PAST DROME, SHUT OFF ENGINE AND GRADUALLY CAME IN AT ABOUT 8FT UNTIL THE MACHINE PANCAKED IN CENTRE OF DROME. THE ONLY DAMAGE DONE WAS A BROKEN PROPELLER. JACK TUNBRIDGE IS 2ND FROM LEFT IN FRONT GROUP. (DONOR R.H. LECKIE)
SINAI, 1917. MARTINSYDE AIRCRAFT ON ITS NOSE, AS A RESULT OF LANDING WITH ONE WHEEL OFF AT MUSTABIG. NOTE ROPE HANGING FROM REAR SKID, READY TO HAUL AIRCRAFT BACK INTO POSITION. SECOND FROM LEFT IN FO
SINAI, 1917. LIEUTENANT JACK TUNBRIDGE OF BALLARAT IN THE COCKPIT OF AN AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) SINGLE SEATER MARTINSYDE AIRCRAFT, ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. NOTE THE STITCHING OF THESE OLD TIME MACHINE
PALESTINE, 1917. A BE2E AIRCRAFT ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. NOTE MECHANIC SWINGING THE PROPELLER. JACK TUNBRIDGE AT CONTROLS, PHOTOGRAPHER H.V. LECKIE IN OBSERVER'S COCKPIT. LEWIS MARK 3 MACHINE GUN IN SWIVEL
MARSAID HOD, SINAI, 1917. FLYING ABOVE THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA WITH LIEUTENANT JACK TUNBRIDGE IN A BE2E AIRCRAFT OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) TOWARDS MARSAID HOD. TENTS OF THE LIGHT HORSE CAN BE
BIR EL MAZAR, SINAI, 1917. A BE2C AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHEN TAKING OFF FROM MAZAR AND NOSED INTO A SAND HILL. LIEUTENANT ANGUS OWEN MCPHILLAMY, THE PILOT, IS SECOND FROM RIGHT. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
A 'TOMMY' BATTALION MARCHING PAST OUR DROME AT KILO 143 AFTER THE FIRST GAZA SCRAP. SEVERAL WIDTHS OF WIRE NETTING HAD BEEN PLUGGED INTO THE HEAVY SAND TO ASSIST THE BRITISH TROOPS IN MARCHING TO AND
