UA 41.01 Washington Irving Chambers Photo Collection

Some interesting photographs

UA 41.01 Washington Irving Chambers Photo Collection

Description: The Washington Irving Chambers collection consists of several hundred images of early naval aviation from the years 1911 to 1913, with specific emphasis on first test flights of the A-1, A-2 & A-3, the first aircraft built for the Navy, taking off on Lake Keuka at Hammondsport; the C-1, the Navy's first flying boat at Hammondsport, NY; testing of the A-1 at Annapolis; launching of the C-2 flying boat in Pensacola; modifications of the A-1 & A-2 Hydro OWL; the Curtiss twin engine flying boat, the America; the Curtiss Tractor Landplane; the Gallaudet Bullet; and the Wright type G. Below are a small representative sample of the collection.

Some really good stuff on that site! This describes a radar decoy used by U-Boats.

Technical Intelligence From
Allied Communications Intelligence

www.history.navy.mil/content/history/nhh...ns-intelligence.html

I had a look last night and there is certainly a lot to look at.