{"id":166,"date":"2014-03-07T10:34:21","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T10:34:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2014\/03\/07\/selected-by-frances-pattman-archivist-i-have\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T11:04:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T11:04:03","slug":"selected-by-frances-pattman-archivist-i-have","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2014\/03\/07\/selected-by-frances-pattman-archivist-i-have\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-166 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2014\/03\/07\/selected-by-frances-pattman-archivist-i-have\/page-6-7-of-lecture-given-by-douglas-scott-montagu-on-aerial-machines-and-war-to-the-aldershot-military-society\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/files\/2014\/03\/tumblr_n1yv3wdG0l1t348s2o1_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-167\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-167'>\n\t\t\t\tPage 6-7 of lecture given by Douglas-Scott-Montagu on &#8216;Aerial Machines and War&#8217; to the Aldershot Military Society. \n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2014\/03\/07\/selected-by-frances-pattman-archivist-i-have\/page-1-of-appendix-to-scheme-no-iii-by-montagu-for-the-imperial-air-service-concerning-different-bombing-machines-pilot-training-etc-necessary-for-an-effective-air-arm-offensive\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/files\/2014\/03\/tumblr_n1yv3wdG0l1t348s2o2_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-168\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-168'>\n\t\t\t\tPage 1 of appendix to Scheme No III by Montagu for the Imperial Air Service concerning different bombing machines, pilot training, etc. necessary for an effective air arm offensive\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/2014\/03\/07\/selected-by-frances-pattman-archivist-i-have\/page-2-of-appendix-to-scheme-no-iii-by-montagu-for-the-imperial-air-service-concerning-different-bombing-machines-pilot-training-etc-necessary-for-an-effective-air-arm-offensive\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.kcl.ac.uk\/kingscollections\/files\/2014\/03\/tumblr_n1yv3wdG0l1t348s2o3_1280-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-169\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 34.9rem) calc(100vw - 2rem), (max-width: 53rem) calc(8 * (100vw \/ 12)), (min-width: 53rem) calc(6 * (100vw \/ 12)), 100vw\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-169'>\n\t\t\t\tPage 2 of appendix to Scheme No III by Montagu for the Imperial Air Service concerning different bombing machines, pilot training, etc. necessary for an effective air arm offensive\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Selected by Frances Pattman, Archivist\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraph\">I have chosen two documents from the papers of Brig Gen John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu.\u00a0The first is an extract from a lecture on <em>Aerial Machines and War<\/em> given by Douglas-Scott-Montagu to the Aldershot Military Society 1910, in which he talks about how aeroplanes might be used in warfare.\u00a0The second is an extract from a paper prepared by Montagu for the Imperial Air Service in 1916.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">It is interesting to see how in 1910, seven years after the Wright brothers\u2019 first powered flight, Montagu was already thinking that aircraft could be used in war and the different ways they might be employed.\u00a0 In particular, he thought they would be used in place of cavalry \u2018as a screen for cover and to secure information in front of the advancing army\u2019.\u00a0However, only six years later his approach is a much more offensive one using different types of aircraft with a real emphasis on the use of bombing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ref: Douglas-Scott-Montagu 5\/15 and 5\/114<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingscollections.org\/catalogues\/lhcma\/collection\/d\/do70-001\/\">www.kingscollections.org\/catalogues\/lhcma\/collection\/d\/do70-001<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Selected by Frances Pattman, Archivist\u00a0 I have chosen two documents from the papers of Brig Gen John Walter Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu.\u00a0The first is an extract from a lecture on Aerial Machines and War given by Douglas-Scott-Montagu to the Aldershot Military Society 1910, in which he talks about how aeroplanes might be used in warfare.\u00a0The second is &hellip; 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