Marham Air Station

Signed by the artist in pencil, lower left. The Marham Air Station, in Norfolk, opened in August 1916 as a military night landing ground for the Royal Flying Corps. It closed in 1919. It was home to 51 Squadron flying R.A.F. (Royal Aircraft Factory) FE2B aircraft. These are the aircraft shown here, on the ground and above in the large expanse of sky.

Object Details

ID: PAF0804
Collection: Fine art
Type: Print
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Wyllie, William Lionel
Places: Unlinked place
Date made: 1916 -19; 1916-1919
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. Purchased with the assistance of the Society for Nautical Research Macpherson Fund
Measurements: Sheet: 295 x 277 mm; Mount: 406 mm x 556 mm