David Marks

WW1 aviation enthusiast. Author of Let the Zeppelins Come and The Zeppelin Offensive: A German Perspective in Pictures and Postcards

[David Marks @ZeppRaider]

@PaulSuttonKing It was a busy fair. Some good finds made too for my aviation and Fred Spurgin collections. Managed to jump on a Waterloo train but journey time doubled. Roll on September!

[History Rage Podcast @HistoryRage]

🚨 THIS WEEK🚨
Before powered flight became famous, engineers were already dreaming of aircraft without pilots. In this episode, @MarkPiesing takes us into a world where remote control and automation were imagined before human flight was even proven. It’s a reminder that history is rarely as neat — or as modern — as we assume. 🧠🛩️📡

Listen here 👉 https://t.co/Ns0fQPeySU

#HistoryRage #AviationHistory #TechMyths #EarlyFlight #EngineeringHistory

[1926 Live @100YearsAgoLive]

Airship Norge leaves Gatchina, near Leningrad, USSR, bound for Vadsø, Norway and an attempt to cross the North Pole by air.

[Aviation Archive - Tim Farmer @aviationarchive]

The British SSZ (Submarine Scout Zero) was a type of non-rigid airship, or "blimp," used by the Royal Navy during World War I for anti-submarine patrols. The SSZ class was designed to counter the German U-boat threat, providing coastal protection and escorting shipping convoys.

[David Marks @ZeppRaider]

@PTApostcards Things you find during a bank holiday tidy up!

[WFA South of Scotland @WFASouthScot]

The man who broke the windaes at Craig Castle.
Franz Stabbert, Zeppelin L20. 3rd May 1916. Disorientated by darkness & strong winds, Stabbert never reached Rosyth, but was swept into the Cairngorms. He scattered bombs in Aberdeenshire, breaking some windows in the 16thC castle.

[WFA South of Scotland @WFASouthScot]

Zeppelin L14 over Angus - 2 May 1916
The main who had bombed Edinburgh, Alois Böcker, returned to Scotland this night. But in strong winds could not again locate the elusive naval dockyard at Rosyth.
Instead, he scattered bombs from Lunan Bay to St Andrews Bay causing no damage.

[Canadian & British Photos & Postcards @CanMilPostcards]

Unused WWI postcard showing a recuperating soldier in his hospital 'blues' uniform accompanied by a pretty nurse. Art by Fred Spurgin, one of the top postcard artists of the day. #WWI #Comic #postcard

[David Marks @ZeppRaider]

@PostedInThePast @CanMilPostcards My favourite comic postcard artist. Believe these cards are part of a set of six.

[Ian Castle @IanCastleRaids]

Unsurprisingly I think it's quite good 😀, but I'm not the only one!

[David Marks @ZeppRaider]

@SaucySeventies My fault! Perfect for a sunny Saturday evening.

[David Marks @ZeppRaider]

@rickblackman01 @ConfessionsPete @Robin_Askwith They’ll sit alongside these in the collection!

[David Marks @ZeppRaider]

@rickblackman01 @ConfessionsPete @Robin_Askwith Good to meet you today Rick. We bonded over Billy Dainty. Pleased with my Nookie the Bear Fan Club and John Inman autographs.

[Andrew Hamilton @MeetAtDawn]

In church of St. Peter, Twineham, Sussex a stained-glass window in memory of RFC pilot Lieutenant Robert McKergow killed in action on 21 September 1917 at the age of just 19. He is buried in Ypres Reservoir cemetery

[The Great War Aviation Society - WW1 in the air @GWAS1914_1918]

Don't forget to join us TOMORROW for the Society AGM and Leaman Lecture with Peter Hart on the escapes and escapades of captured WWI airmen.

If you are a member, you'll want to hear how the Society has developed over the past year and what comes next — and have your say.

[The Great War Aviation Society - WW1 in the air @GWAS1914_1918]

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The lecture is open to everyone — feel free to invite a friend.

AGM 14:00 BST - dial in from 13:30
Peter Hart 15:30 BST

[Prof. Frank McDonough @FXMC1957]

16 April 1912. US pilot Harriet Quimby became the 1st woman to pilot a plane across the English Channel. Her achievement received little media attention as the sinking of the Titanic ocean liner the day before dominated the newspapers.

[Ian Castle @IanCastleRaids]

Should be a good one.

[WFA South of Scotland @WFASouthScot]

Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia - 15 April 1916.
First use of large-scale air supply during wartime.
On this day: 3,750 Ibs of food was dropped into the besieged town by No.30 Squadron (RFC).
A BE2c of the unit being prepared during late-April at Ora aerodrome.
IWM (Q34369)

[David Marks @ZeppRaider]

@IanCastleRaids I’ll need to clear some more room on the shelves! Looks interesting.