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Diary of Captain Mapplebeck (first RFC reconnaissance sortie)

 
 
The diary of Captain Gilbert William Mapplebeck, DSO, which dates from 1914-1915, describes the first reconnaissance sortie by the Royal Flying Corps on 19 August 1914. Mapplebeck was killed flying a Morane aircraft in August 1915.