WWI Photos of Lt. Yeulett

This is my Great Uncle taken standing on his Sopwith Pup sometime in 1918 and probably taken at the Isle of Grain airfield. A number of his pictures were taken at Grain, even though his Service Record makes no mention of his ever having been there. He was passed on a number of aircraft types but the majority of his flying seems to have been done in Pups such as this one.

This is my Uncle's flight of Sopwith Pups taken at Grain in 1918. The one in the left foreground has a legible serial number and I have been sent some of the history of that particular aircraft. N6203 was with 3 Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, and saw action in April 1917. Subsequently it was at the Seaplane Defence Flight at St. Pol, France and at the Isle of Grain from December 1917 to June 1918.

This is a rare one! This apparently is a Beardmore WB 2a which was an attempt to uprate the Be2. This aircraft never went into production so this is a rare picture of a prototype. This was kindly identified by the museum at East Fortune (see links page) and by the layout of the buildings looks like it was taken at Grain airfield. The "clickable" large version is a full screen copy.

This is an aerial shot of, I think, Grain but I'm not 100% certain. If somebody could confirm this then I'd be most grateful. It matches to an extent with a map of the airfield from 1916 that I've seen but it's not exactly the same. Hence my uncertainty!! The "clickable" version is again a large format shot.

This is Flight Lieutenant Clifford in an embarrassing situation! He's just overturned Bristol Scout D-Type N5394. This aircraft was based at East Fortune from April 1917 to 30th March 1918. My Uncle went there in January 1918 so we can assume it was taken between January and the end of March - there is of course every possibility that this is the end of it's last ever flight which would therefore make it the end of March!

Flight Sub Lieutenant Williams had this unfortunate incident on the 8th March 1918 in Sopwith Camel no. N6375. This incident ended this particular aircraft's useful life when it was landed on one wheel at the Isle of Grain. This particular plane had a colourful history prior to it's somewhat ignominious end. On 20th July 1917 it was involved in the destruction of a DFW nears Lens, France. 7 days later it destroyed an Aviatik near Loos and on 19th August it was also credited with the destruction of another DFW.

This is my uncle standing in front of a unique aircraft, this is the prototype (and only) PV7 Grain Kitten to be built at the Experimental Construction Depot at the Isle of Grain. Originally designed to be carried aboard ships for chasing Zeppelins, this tiny aircraft with only an 18ft wingspan and a 35hp engine was found to be underpowered and was cancelled. N539, pictured here, was the only one ever built.


Bristol F2B s/n C4714. Picture probably taken at Hendon where this a/c was based in 1917/18.	Fairy Campania s/n N2363, possibly taken at Isle of Grain.	Sopwith Triplane. Location of photo unknown.	Submarine Scout Zero Airship, SSZ59, picture probably at East Fortune on 17th April, 1918 at the end of its maiden test flight.


Fairy Campania taxiing at sea. Location and ship unknown.	Sopwith Skid Pup N6176 at Isle of Grain between Dec 1917 and April 1918	Martinside G102 "Rhodesia III" s/n A6286 at Hendon c. March 1918

These photographs are owned by my family and may not be reproduced without our express permission. This would not be withheld unreasonably, but please ask before you pinch them.