58428: Photographs, etc. related to Robert Irvine Hulley

R I Hulley 13/12/1889 - 03/07/1995. My father (on the right by the FK8 in "Lloyd Hulley FK8") lied about his age - like many others - to join the Royal Flying Corps (RFC), probably in 1916. Within six weeks of joining his first squadron, he was it's longest surviving member. The attached photographs were taken late in the war when he was with No. 82 (Army Co-operation) Squadron. He was the observer, in the rear cockpit, and operated the Lewis gun for rear defence. The pilot was Kenneth Lloyd, on the left. My father told me that the observers all used to cut the finger tips off their gloves, regardless of the cold, "because you could not change the magazine on your gun with full gloves on". See photo "Gloves 01" - these are his own silk under gloves which he wore during the war. More information on No. 82 Squadron may be found in "Cross and Cockade" Vol 32 Issues 1 and 2, 2001.