Log book of Giles Blennerhassett
Log book & Images + blog article based on interview done at Dublin Roadshow, March 2012
Giles was a Lieutenant and became Captain during the war. He started the war with the Royal Irish Fusiliers and fought in the trenches until 1917. Giles was very much in fear of rats until the end of his life following this experience.
In 1917, Giles joined the Royal Flying Corps; his son Brian contributed a log book about that period of time during which he conducted ground exercises, tested planes, etc.
Giles was an observer on F.E.2.b planes; he was manoeuvering on the platform either with a camera or a gun. Giles used to mock the F.E.2.b pilots and call them axi drivers as the position of the observer at the front of the plane was extremely exposed and he felt he was taking all the risks.
Giles shot 7.5 planes at 10,000 ft between 1917 and 1918; he survived the war.
His son Brian (92) contributed Giles' log book and a series of photos.
Blog article based on interview with Denis O’Neill about Giles Blennerhassett made at the Europeana 1914-1918 Roadshow in Dublin, March 2012
Giles Blennerhassett
Blog article by Jackie Storer
Dublin, National Library
Western Front
CREATOR
Brian Blennerhassett
DATE
1914 - 1918
LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
83
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
PROGRESS
METADATA
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