H12040
Photograph H12040 First World War, 1914-1918"DROPPING OFF" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG293) [FRONT VIEW OF SOPWITH CAMEL DROPPING OFF AIRSHIP R.23. SEE H12041-42 AND H12208]

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
"THE AEROPLANE IN POSITION" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG294) [SOPWITH CAMEL ATTACHED TO BRITISH AIRSHIP R.23. SEE H12040, H12042, H12208]
"DROPPING OFF" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG293) [FRONT VIEW OF SOPWITH CAMEL DROPPING OFF AIRSHIP R.23. SEE H12041-42 AND H12208]

"HOW PETROL WAS SAVED" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG258) [SOPWITH CAMEL ON LIGHTER UNDER TOW. SEE H12204 AND H12009]
"READY TO FIGHT THE ENEMY" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG295) [R.23 IN FLIGHT WITH CAMEL ATTACHED. THE INSTALLATION WAS EXPERIMENTAL AND NEVER USED OPERATIONALLY. THE GERMANS ALSO TRIED A SIMILAR ARR

RIGID AIRSHIP R.23 CARRYING A SOPWITH CAMEL SLUNG UNDER THE HULL. (IWMQ27476) [SEE H12040-42]

"LOOPING FOR IVY" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PGG220) [SOPWITH CAMEL UPSIDE DOWN IN A LOOP]
"THE NAVY'S FLOATING AERODROME" HMS FURIOUS (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG188) (SOPWITH 1 1/2 STRUTTER ON FOREDECK AND SSZ AIRSHIP ON REAR DECK)