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a) Impact of aerial reconnaissance
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1. Define Military observation of territory held by 9. What did German German soldiers THOUGHT that the
reconnaissance the enemy in order to gather intelligence. soldiers think about British enjoyed a balloon superiority of
British balloons? 15-1.
2. What is Intelligence is information gathered by
ALSO complained that observers
intelligence and scouts (cavalry) + spices.
could too easily direct artillery fire
what are its 3 key
towards German soldiers.
aspects? -reconnaissance (ability to survey
territory). 10. what was the role August 1914: RFC was to support the
-observation (accurate recording of what of the RFC at the army by scouting and artillery spotting.
was surveyed). start of the war? They had NO offensive weapons.
-communication (relaying info quickly).
11. What was the the RNAS could attack the enemy as
3. How many flights About 90% of missions were for difference well as carry out reconnaissance.
were for reconnaissance purposes. between the RFC
reconnaissance? and RNAS? -BUT when its Eastchurch Squadron
reached Belgium none of the
4. What was used British had an army balloon section by
aeroplanes had weapons - only aircraft
early on for the 1890s and this was used during the
with a gun was an airship.
reconnaissance Boer War.
from a high 12. When was the first in August 1914
point? RFC
reconnaissance? Mapplebeck got lost and had to land
5. What were They were useful for the observation of
what happened near Cambrai to ask for directions.
balloons on the enemy trenches and artillery spotting as
Western Front they remained relatively static.
-adventures like this did NOT help
useful for?
convince sceptics of aeroplanes.
6. When did the
13. who was the commander of the RFC from
British army get
Henderson? August 1914 to August 1915 then director
its first airship?
of military aeronautics in London.
was it widely
He became a pilot in 1911 so was an
used?
ADVOCATE of air power.
14. What were the first called 'scouts'
military aeroplanes
called? this was an indication of their
anticipated use.
in 1910 it got Beta 1 15. When was the first in August 1914 an Avro 504 was shot
RFC loss to the down over Belgium by German rifle
but they found kite balloons more useful enemy? fire.
and were used on the Western Front. 16. What is an example During the battle of the Marne
7. Information about -balloons were usually tethered to the in 1914 of air reconnaissance was used to keep track
observation ground. reconnaissance of German troop positions and
balloons (3) being useful? movements.
-observers could go as high as 4,000ft 17. Why was aerial pilots struggled to identify soldiers and
and see 15 miles around. observation often trenches below as they all looked the
difficult? What is same.
-usually defended by anti-aircraft guns so an example?
NOT easy to shoot down ALSO bullets -errors eg; a story from a German pilot
could pass through the fabric WITHOUT saying the British were running around
igniting the gas inside. in a panic when in reality they were
8. When did In 1916 when incendiary ammunition playing football.
balloons start to started to be developed as they caught
become less on fire more easily.
useful?
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