Handley Page Type O
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The Handley Page Type O was a biplane bomber used by Britain during the First World War. When built, the Type O was one of the largest aircraft in the world. There were two main variants, the Handley
1st Handley Page bomber Langley, built in US by Standard Aircraft NARA 17341622
HP O/400 with wings folded
One of the engines with a four-bladed propeller.
HP O/400 being built
T. E. Lawrence
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Thomas Edward Lawrence was a British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer known for his role during the Arab Revolt and Sinai and Palestine campaign against the Ottoman Empire in the First
Handley Page Type O
…Smith. It made night attacks against Ottoman Empire force, and supplied the small number of aircraft supporting the Arab insurgency being directed by T. E. Lawrence. On the night of 3/4 July 1917, the Handley Page was used for an attack on Galata air base but the engines overheated and the crew turned back, jettisoning…
Lawrence in 1918
Lawrence's birthplace, Gorphwysfa, in Tremadog, Carnarvonshire
The Lawrence family lived at 2 Polstead Road, Oxford from 1896 to 1921.
Leonard Woolley (left) and Lawrence at the excavation of Carchemish, c. 1912