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The contents of a photograph album was sent to me by Sian Sumners, grand daughter of Wing Commander Philip Harry Perkins, who served as a pilot in WW1 and after the war as a doctor at RAF Hinaidi. He was a keen photographer in his spare time and took many photos, including the one shown below of the funeral for Brigadier General Sir Gilbert Falkingham Clayton KCMG KBE CB, High Commissioner to Iraq at the time of his death in September 1929. This and the other images shown on the Ma'Asker / Hinaidi Old Burial and Headstone Photos page of Steve Buster Johnson's website are remarkable in that they show the thousands of Iraqis who lined the road leading to the RAF Hinaidi Cemetery (now called the Ma'Asker Al Raschid RAF Cemetery), such was the respect they had for Sir Gilbert, a man who was instrumental in putting Iraq on the map. Funeral of Sir Gilbert Clayton at RAF Hinaidi in September 1929

I have recently received several enquiries regarding the various aerodromes occupied by 6 Squadron and 4 Squadron RFC/RAF during their time on the Western Front as well as an enquiry as to the present-day site of what was once the WW1 RAF airfield at Abeele, a village on the Belgian French border (in fact the border runs through the centre of the main street). As Abeele aerodrome was occupied by both 6 Squadron and 4 Squadron between May 1917 and November 1917, I thought it would be useful to post an image that shows aerial photographs of Abeele aerodrome, one taken in 1916 and the other, a Google Maps image c2023. I have also added diagrams which show the layout of the aerodrome in 1917 when 6 and 4 Squadrons were both stationed there. The details on the main diagram shown below were gradually built up after visits to the Public Records Office in Kew, viewing the operational records of 4 and 6 Squadrons and reading several personal diaries kept by men who were stationed at Abeele. and were used by me in the writing of three of Steve Buster Johnson's books, 'For God, England and Ethel', 'Seven Days in April' and 'Over the Western Front'. Abeele RAF Aerodrome, WW1

As a result of a recent query about 6 Squadron's movements from the start of the German Spring Offensive in March 1918 until the end of hostilities in November 1918, I found that the squadron moved eleven (11) times in seven (7) months, on one occasion spending only a single day before being obliged to pack up and move on due to the fluid nature of the front line. To help understand the distances involved, I updated the map of the Western Front that I have included in three of my books and I have attached the image to this past, as well as a table showing details of the eleven moves. Below are the WW1 bases of 6 Squadron Royal Air Force and a map of the Western Front showing each of their locations. 6 Squadron RAF Bases on the Western Front during WW1 Map of the Western Front, showing RAF aerodromes during WW1

This page shows several circuit diagrams of a single valve receiver, as used by the Royal Air Force in 1918, with modifications shown to prevent re-radiation Royal Air Force 1918 Single Valve Receiver (prevents re-radiation) This page shows several circuit diagrams of a single valve receiver, in use by the Royal Air Force in 1918, with design modifications to prevent re-radiation.

Training notes from a Royal Flying Corps book on the Continous Wave Receiver Mk III - Summary Royal Air Force 1918 Mark III Continuous Wave Receiver This page is taken from a Royal Flying Corps book produced by my grandfather. His notes provide a summary of the Continuous Wave Receiver MK III, as used by the RFC / RAF in 1918 during WW1.

This page of a Royal Flying Corps Book on airborne wireless explains the Continous Wave Receiver Mk III - Beat reception and spark signals Royal Air Force 1918 MK III Continuous Wave Receiver Beats This page of a Royal Flying Corps book on airborne wireless provides more information on the note in the telephone on a Mk III Continuous Wave Receiver, as used by the RAF in 1918 during WW1. It also explains beat reception of spark signals.