PHOTO STRANGWAYSBETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT IS NOW A SIMPLE

Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO STRANGWAYSBETWEEN HEAVEN AND EARTH IN THE MIDDLE OF WHAT IS NOW A SIMPLE ARABLE FIELD IN AN OTHERWISE UNREMARKABLE LANDSCAPE LIES THIS MEMORIAL. IT MUST BE A SCANT VISITED SITE BUT THE STORY REMAINS TO BE HEARD.THIS PART OF SALISBURY PLAIN WAS IMPORTANT NOT ONLY GEOGRAPHICALLY BUT ALSO IN TERMS OF MILITARY HISTORY. THESE OPEN SWEEPS WERE HOME TO THE FIRST EFFORTS TO FORM A FLYING FORCE. THE MIRACLE OF POWERED FLIGHT HAD ONLY JUST HAPPENED AND BY 1912 LARKHILL BECAME THE FIRST MILITARY FLYING SERVICE - ORIGINALLY PART OF THE ROYAL ENGINEERS BUT SHORTLY AFTER THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS.THE NEW FLYING MACHINES WERE NATURALLY PRONE TO DISASTER. THE STONE TABLET ON THIS MEMORIAL READS:IN MEMORY OF MAJOR ALEXANDER WILLIAM HEWETSON 66TH BATTERY ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY WHO WAS KILLED WHILST FLYING ON THE 17TH JULY 1913 NEAR THIS SPOT.ODDLY ENOUGH THERE IS A STONE CROSS ON THE OLD A344 (A ROAD THAT IS NOW RESTRICTED AND CLOSE TO THE NEW VISITOR CENTRE); THE CROSS REFERS TO THE SAME PERSON AND THE SAME DATE - BUT IS SOME 2.75KM AWAY! FOR ALAN COOPER'S IMAGE. 2012 COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) NICK OWEN PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO NOVV_3143 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is COPYRIGHT (Photograph and text in Extra Info) Nick Owen obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License details available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ MANY OTHER ITEMS ARE BEING ADDED TO MY SHOP DAILY

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