2-716-944 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Commander Samson of the Royal Flying Corps with some of his officers, First World War, c1914, (c1920). 'Heroes of the Royal Naval Flying Corps', right to left: 'Flight-Lieutenant Draper, Squadron-Commander Briggs D.S.O. (afterwards captured), Flight Commander Osmond, Commander Samson, D.S.O., Flight-Commander Marix D.S.O. (one of the Dusseldorf raiders), Captain Courtney R.M.L.I. (leader of the first Ostend raid), the late Flight-Lieutenant Beevot (killed with Lord Annesley), and Flight-Lieutenant Young. [Flight-Commander Dalrymple Clark behind]. The machine is the one flown by Commander Sansom.' From "The Great World War - A History" Volume II, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]