Trench art plane made by James Fenn (3)
Page description
| Title |
Trench art plane made by James Fenn (3)
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| Author |
Fenn, James
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| Notes |
Trench art fighter plane made by James Fenn. He was village blacksmith at Bramfield, Suffolk, after the war.
Editor's Comment: Base made from cut down 18 Pdr. shell case, manufactured in August 1916. Plane stand and rear fusilage made from two Lebel rounds (French small arms ammunition), rest of plane made from scrap brass. Shoeing Smith 19360 James W. Fenn, Royal Field Artillery. |
| Item date |
August 1916
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| Creation place |
Somme
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Page number |
3
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| Total number of pages |
3
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| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_2223_DSC02691.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Richard Marshall (Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day 8th April 2008)
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Mrs J. M. Crane
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Collection
Citation
“Trench art plane made by James Fenn,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 4, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/5644.
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Document description
| Title |
Trench art plane made by James Fenn
|
|---|---|
| Author |
Fenn, James
|
| Notes |
Trench art fighter plane made by James Fenn. He was village blacksmith at Bramfield, Suffolk, after the war.
Editor's Comment: Base made from cut down 18 Pdr. shell case, manufactured in August 1916. Plane stand and rear fusilage made from two Lebel rounds (French small arms ammunition), rest of plane made from scrap brass. Shoeing Smith 19360 James W. Fenn, Royal Field Artillery. |
| Item date |
August 1916
|
| Creation place |
Somme
|
| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
3
|
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
|
| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
|
| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Richard Marshall (Norwich and Norfolk Millennium Library Submission Day 8th April 2008)
|
| Contributed on the behalf of |
Mrs J. M. Crane
|
Citation
“Trench art plane made by James Fenn,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 4, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/5644.
