Denis H. Carey (Isle of Grain) Collection
Display Status:
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Denis Carey was a Flight Lieutenant in the Royal Air Force. According to his logbooks, Carey flew over eighty different types of aircraft. The seaplane test-site on the Isle of Grain was one of the principal sites out of which he flew. This facility was established in 1912 by Winston Churchill for the Royal Naval Air Service (which merged with the Royal Air Force in 1918). Following World War I, test-flying of seaplanes continued to be carried out at the Isle of Grain.
Identifier
NASM.XXXX.0289
Creator
Carey, Denis H.
Date
1918-1923
bulk 1918
Provenance
D. H. Carey?, gift, XXXX-0289, NASM
Extent
2.04 Cubic feet ((9 folders) (2 20x24x3 flatboxes))
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
General
NASMrev
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Logs (records)
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of three scrapbooks and five logbooks belonging to Denis H. Carey. The scrapbooks contain photographs of Royal Navy Air Stations, ships, flying boats, floatplanes and land planes used by the British around 1918. They include approximately 28 different airplanes, 9 different ships and aerial views of various air stations. The five logbooks document Carey's flying career in the Royal Air Force (1919-1936) [and perhaps Royal Naval Air Service?]. Two hundred and fifteen of the photographs from his scrapbooks that pertain to seaplanes at the Isle of Grain facility are found on National Air and Space Museum Videodisc 2B. More than three dozen types of aircraft are represented in the collection, including: the De Havilland D.H. 9A and D.H. 10 Amiens, the Fairey Atalanta, the Bristol F.2B, and the Parnall Puffin. Also pictured are several aircraft that have crashed. The seaplanes are shown on the airfield, on the HMS Eagle carrier, at takeoff, landing, and taxiing both on land and water. Only a small number of photographs display aircraft weaponry, with even fewer showing any Naval personnel.
Genre/Form
Photographs
Scrapbooks
Logs (records)
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Creator
Carey, Denis H.
Names
Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service. Air Stations
Great Britain. Royal Naval Air Service. Air Stations. Isle of Grain
Carey, Denis H.
Topic
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Military
World War, 1914-1918
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.9A
de Havilland (Airco) D.H.10 Amiens Family
Fairey N.4 "Atalanta"
Bristol Fighter F.2B (Brisfit)
Parnall Puffin (GP)
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
