Beschreibung:

Documentation relating to air operations at Ostende and Zeebrugge, 23.4.1918 (St. George's Day), including an important operations hand written timetable probably for the air attack on The Mole at Zeebrugge (including names of pilots and crew), the supporting batteries and also the lock gates of the Zeebrugge and the Bruge Canal, a black and white aerial photograph captioned '25-i-220, 5.M. Zeebrugge 19-12-17' (presumably a reconnaissance photograph), a copy of the menu card for the Zeebrugge Osetende St. George's Day 1918 Reunion Dinner bearing facsimile signatures of all the participants who attended and a supporting letter from Admiral of the Fleet R.J. Keyes Bt, G.C.B., K.C.V.O., C.G.M., D.S.O., Royal Navy written 30.4.1935 to Brackley, the letter details the reunion dinner and the enclosure of the menu card, it is signed in ink by Keyes, also included is a seven page detailed lecture which Brackley delivered to the Kasumiguara Naval Air Station during his trip to Japan titled 'Air Operations at Ostende and Zeebrugge' (-)