In this section, there are a number of short articles and other links relating to the 1916 - 1939 era. Please click on the photographs below to access the articles.
Click on the picture on the left to view a gallery of photographs from the late Group Captain E A Hodgson, who served with 208 Squadron at San Stephano and Ismalia from 1922 to 1927.
High Dudgeon
Click on the cartoon on the right to read an interesting theory on the origin of the phrase ‘High Dudgeon’. This tale originally appeared in ‘Flight Safety’ Magazine and was published in the Association’s 2004 Newsletter.
Chanak Crisis - 100th Anniversary
One hundred years ago in September 1922, 208 Squadron found itself spearheading what today would be termed an Air Expeditionary Wing, when it was given orders to deploy to San Stefano near Constantinople in Turkey. Click on the picture on the left to read Air Commodore Graham Pitchfork’s account of the episode that first appeared in the 2022 Newsletter.
