Scenes from Royal Flying Corps Flying School in Ismailia, Egypt, 1917-1918
Konnie took all these pictures while he was in the Royal Flying Corps in Egypt, during 1917-1918. The camera he used is now in possession of one of Konnie's grandsons. The original negatives of these are now in the National Photographic Library in Ottawa, Canada and are available to the public for study. Go to
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- Airfield at Ismailia from the air
- Airfield building
- Aircraft on flight line
- Hanger scene
- Egyptian man with camel
- Tent panorama - Tents1
- Airmen loafing around, off duty
- Morning scene in the tent lines - Morning
- Konnie J after first solo January 21st, 1918 (called "launching" in the Diary) -
- Another photo after first solo , hand-tinted by Konnie-
- With an MF Shorthorn, probably in February 1918 (hand-tinted)
- Konnie J in Avro taken March 9th, 1918- KJ Avro
- Konnie J's Avro & his mechanics
- Flight practice
- Harman's crash (the diary says he survived)
- Camel caravan from the air
