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White & Thompson no.3
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In service with RNlNAS.
In February 1915 an English flying boat of the Type white & Thompson no 3 was interned. It had made an emergency landing at sea near the Westerschelde during an attack on Zeebrugge.
It was hit by German flak and was overpowered by a Dutch destroyer and towed to Vlissingen.
Later it was purchased for 1500 pounds sterling and repaired at Soesterberg.
The aircraft, registered MG-1 and later M-1, flew in from April 1916 from Schellingwoude near Amsterdam and from the Mok. In July 1916 there was a crack in the engine mounting and after repair it made some flights from April 1917.
White & Thompson type 3 flying boat of the RNlNAS, serial G-1, at naval air station De Mok, 1918
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Detail of the White & Thompson type 3 flying boat of the RNlNAS at naval air station De Mok, 1916
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Flying boat White & Thompson, type no 3, serialled MG-1. Written off in March 1919.
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