Interview with Charles James Chabot

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British civilian in Bangkok, Siam, 8/1914; civilian trained as pilot with Special Reserve, Royal Flying Corps at Brooklands Aerodrome, GB, 2/1915-4/1915; officer trained as pilot with Royal Flying Corps at Central Flying School, Upavon, GB, 4/1915-5/1915; served as pilot with 15 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps in GB, 6/1915-7/1915; served with 4 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps on Western Front, 7/1915-2/1916; served with 30 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps in Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 6/1916-1/1917; served as instructor with Royal Flying Corps Station Beaulieu, GB, 5/1917-8/1917; served as flight commander with 39 (Home Defence) Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps in GB, 8/1917-1/1918; served as instructor with No 42 Air School, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, 1941; served as Group Accident Prevention Officer with Royal Air Force in South Africa, 1941-1942; served as accident investigation officer with 3rd Tactical Air Force, RAF and Headquarters, Royal Air Force Bengal and Burma in India and Burma, 1943-1945

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REEL 1 Aspects of period as civilian living in Bangkok, Siam, 8/1914: reaction to news of outbreak of First World War at combined British, French and German rugby dinner, 4/8/1914; prior recruitment into Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) in GB and rejection on reporting for duty in Singapore, Malaya, 8/1914; selection for officer training and return to GB. Aspects of enlistment as officer in Royal Flying Corps in GB, 1914-1915: reasons for wanting to join Royal Flying Corps; reasons for rejection of initial application to join; visit to Wolseley Motors Ltd factory in Birmingham; opinion of aircraft nicknames; visit to Vickers Ltd (Aviation Department) at Crayford, including use of sailors to splice bracing wires of aircraft and construction of mahogany propellers by carpenter REEL 2 Continues: ability of French test pilot to tune engines; second rejection by Royal Flying Corps and advice to learn to fly as civilian and join Special Reserve, Royal Flying Corps. Aspects of flying training at Brooklands Aerodrome, GB, 2/1915-4/1915: makeshift dual instruction on Maurice MF.7 Farman Longhorn; length of instruction; practice in stripping and rebuilding Maurice MF.7 Farman Longhorn; first solo flight, 1/4/1915; success in 'taking ticket' for entry into Royal Flying Corps; amusing characters. REEL 3 Continues: Aspects of flying training with Central Flying School, RFC at RFC Upavon, GB, 4/1915-5/1915: nickname 'Bloater' given to Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8; motorcycle riding; cross-country test and use of railway lines to aid navigation; nature of flying training; relations with Royal Naval Air Service personnel. Recollections of period as officer with 15 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps at Dover, GB, 6/1915-7/1915: conversion to monoplane flying as prospective fighter pilot using specially adapted Bleriot XIs 'Penguin' and 'Virgin'; taxiing practise in Bleriot XI 'Penguin'; origin of nicknames; flying straights in Bleriot XI 'Virgin'. REEL 4 Continues: crash landing Bleriot XI 'Virgin', punishment and subsequent removal from course; story of collecting Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.8 with experimental doped fabric from Farnborough, including near arrest as spy by Canadian Army troops during stop at Folkestone racecourse, forced landing in English Channel and rescue; stability of Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c. REEL 5 Continues: opinion of Major Philip Joubert de la Ferte. Recollections of operations as pilot with 4 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps at Baisieux, France, 7/1915-2/1916: disadvantage of Oleo undercarriage; light across English Channel and period flying Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c at Saint-Omer; general role of unit; hangars; self-sufficient nature of flights; billets; story of Lieutenant John 'Jack' Woodhouse volunteering to drop French spy behind German lines and preparations. REEL 6 Continues: Lieutenant John 'Jack' Woodhouse's difficult return journey after dropping spy. Aspects of period as instructor with Royal Flying Corps at Royal Flying Corps Station Beaulieu, GB, 5/1917-8/1917: mass production nature of Airco DH.6; death of Captain Henry Van Gothem in flying accident, 11/7/1917; reaction to air raid over Cheapside, London. Recollections of period as flight commander with 39 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps at Royal Flying Corps Station North Weald, GB, 8/1917-1/1918: attempt to intercept Zeppelins L.44 (LZ.93) and L.52 (LZ.98) in Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2e, 9/10/1917 including using improvised Lewis Gun mounting. REEL 7 Continues: opening fire and reason for ending attack on Zeppelins L.44 (LZ.93) and L.52 (LZ.98), 9/10/1917; question of relations between flying and non-flying Royal Flying Corps officers; reprimand recieved over failed interception of Zeppelins L.44 (LZ.93) and L.52 (LZ.98) from Brigadier General Thomas Higgins at Headquarters, Home Defence Bde, Royal Flying Corps at De Keyser's Royal Hotel, Blackfriars, London; sympathetic interview with Major General Edward Ashmore, Commander of the London Air Defence Area over failure to intercept Zeppelins L.44 (LZ.93) and L.52 (LZ.98) and orders to collect new Bristol F.2 Fighter. REEL 8 Continues: assignment by Major-General Edward Ashmore to special role on standby to intercept Zeppelins; flying characteristics of Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c, Curtiss JN-4 Jenny and Bristol F.2 Fighter; night patrol over London and crash landing in fog; period of hospitalisation in Epping Workhouse; comparison of cockpit positions in Blackburn R.T.1 Kangaroo. REEL 9 Continues: searchlight practice flights with Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Thompson. Aspects of re-enlistment and training as officer with RAF in GB, 1939-1940: question of restriction to administrative service; effect of death of Air Commodore Arthur Thompson, 28/8/1939; story of obtaining interview with selection board and passing medical despite absence of one kidney; qualifying on De Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth at No 9 Elementary Flying Training School, RAF at RAF Anstey; effect of aerobatics in causing sickness and consequent transfer to aircraft delivery duties. Recollections of period as instructor with No 42 Air School, Port Elizabeth and as Group Accident Prevention Officer with Royal Air Force in South Africa, 1941-1942: memories of attack by German cruiser Admiral Hipper whilst aboard HMT Orbita during Convoy WS 5A, 24/12/1940. REEL 10 Continues: duties flying Northrop Nomad Mk I towing drogues for air gunnery training with No 42 Air School at Port Elizabeth; use of slow motion film to determine why faulty drogues broke away in flight; appointment to and duties as Group Accident Prevention Officer. Recollections of period as accident investigation officer with 3rd Tactical Air Force, RAF and Headquarters, Royal Air Force Bengal and Burma, 1943-1945: background to appointment; freelance nature of appointment operating in India and Burma; beginning investigation into De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito wing problem as a result of flying accidents. REEL 11 Continues: problem of unreliability of witnesses memory of accident details; story of investigation into break up of De Havilland DH.98 Mosquito at RAF Ranchi, including enabling identification of particular faulty wing joint, tracing sub contractors, subsequent proof supplied to De Havilland Aircraft Company Ltd manufacturers and correction of fault; question of favourite aircraft flown. REEL 12 Continues: Recollections of operations as pilot with 30 Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps at Shaikh Saa'd, Mesopotamia, Ottoman Empire, 6/1916-1/1917: conditions during voyage from GB to Mesopotamia; scarcity of aircraft; situation in Kut-el-Amara area; effects of climate on aircraft; reconnaissance role and direct liaison by message bag with cavalry; incident of being shot down by ground fire and rescue by cavalry. REEL 13 Continues: failure of attempts to destroy superior Fokker aircraft fitted with interrupter gear; story of improvising multiple Lewis Gun attachment on Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2c undercarriage designed to attack Fokker on ground and reasons for abandonment of concept. Aspects of period as flight commander with 39 (Home Defence) Sqdn, Royal Flying Corps at Royal Flying Corps Station North Weald, GB, 8/1917-1/1918: story of Major Allen's introduction of squadron drill parades. REEL 14 Continues: ignorance of drill and subsequent transfer.

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Category: Sound
Related period: 1945-1989 (production), First World War (content), Second World War (content), First World War (association), Second World War (association)
Creator: IWM (Production company)
Lance, David G (Recorder)
Brice, Martin H (Recorder)
Chabot, Charles James (Interviewee/Speaker)
Production date: 1973-04-12
Dimensions: whole: Duration 210, Number Of Items 14
Catalogue number: 8
Part of: Leather Seat Covers

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