Journal kept by A.E. Borton

Journal kept by A.E. Borton while serving with the Royal Flying Corps, mostly in the Middle East from 1 January to 26 July 1918.

Brigadier-General AE 'Biffy' Borton was Officer Commanding the Palestine Brigade at the time of writing this journal entry for 18 January 1918. Captain Ross Smith was one of the pilots under his command.

Borton provided air transport for TE Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia' on 22 September 1918. Lawrence wrote glowingly of Borton as a man 'avid of novelty' and of 'my old pilot' Ross Smith's dazzling flying ability in his epic account of World War One.

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