Monday 12 August 2013

Victor Goddard's Squadron - Freddy Jackson Appears For His Photo

This is a portrait of Victor Goddard's Squadron, taken in 1919.
Victor Goddard
Training Facility of HMS Daedalus
It shows the squadies grouped together with one additional friendly face. Behind one of the officers in the picture is the face of an air mechanic named Freddy Jackson.

The only problem is that Freddy Jackson had died two days earlier in an accident with an airplane propellor.  
His funeral was on the day the photograph was taken.
Freddy Jackson
Freddy Jackson in the background

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