"56 Squadron Masters"

by Martin Buffery


Watercolour


Ultra-Chrome Archive Print size A4



James McCudden was an aircraft mechanic in the Royal Flying Corps when war was declared in 1914. After training as a pilot he went on to gain the Victoria Cross and a tally of 54 enemy aircraft destroyed before his death in an accident in 1918.


Like McCudden, Arthur Rhys-Davis took part in one of the most famous dogfights of WW1 shooting down the german fighter ace Werner Voss.


In this picture they are shown returning home from a patrol in their SE5A aircraft.