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Sea plane

Seaplane in Sheerness harbour. Amazing that this was sold in 1916, date on reverse. Writer identifies it as Garrison Point fort!

Thanks to Paul Dummott for the picture.


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Guest 07-Sep-2023 15:41
From 1913 there are many articles regarding Sheerness Docks in the local paper The Sheerness Times. Phrases such as the "cradle of seaplane aviation" indicate the importance of Sheerness in Naval Aviation.
Guest 07-Sep-2023 15:38
There are a number of seaplane related stories in the Sheerness Times in 1916 one of note is the air raid on Sheerness WW1

In October 1916 an enemy sea plane dropped 4 bombs on Sheerness. 3 Landed in the harbour, the 4th landed near the station damaging property and several railway carriages. The hostile plane was shot down by Naval aircraft.
Paul Dummott 26-Jul-2009 22:33
According to the late Henry Allingham's obituaries he was posted to Sheerness at about this time to work on seaplaanes. Could he have worked on this???
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