An American built Curtiss 'Jenny' from Montrose Air Station, pranged
somewhere locally. By the fresh look of the machine, and the unfinished
British 'roundel' on the wing top it would appear to be a new machine which
has recently been uncrated and pressed into service, or it has recently
been repaired. Either way those responsible for its present condition would
not be popular! I think it is at what is now Morton Park, at the east end
of the old Patton's Mill. The buildings and wall are in the right place,
and the trees used to run beside the mill, but are now cut down. Presumably
it suffered engine failure and the pilot tried to put it down in the mill
drying greens or in the large links area between the mill and the beach.
Exact date is also unknown, but the postcard says Montrose. Any other ideas?
Thanks are due to Tom Valentine for the original copy from his large postcard
collection, I hope you have visited his site, it is well worth it. |
