Shoot the observer!

Two scenes from BBC 'Wings' series. In the first Allan shoots down a balloon, in the second he is berated by an infantry sgt for not shooting the observer.

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• WW1
• balloon
• aircraft
• Wings
• BBC

[standallas]

I would love to know what he would have thought of all this! Do you know what balloon section he served with? To find out more visit the aerodrome forum or the greatwar in the air forum.

[standallas]

I don't know, a lot of paratroopers came down firing - which makes them active combatants and certainly undeserving of any immunity!

[standallas]

A third series was on the books but the BBC didn't think it worth the cost!

[standallas]

WINGS on DVD now available from the BBC

[sanitydefied]

My great-grandfather flew observation balloons.

[MaltingFarm99]

This show was filmed in and around where I used to live, in Cardington Bedfordshire. A lot of it was filmed on the village green, opposite where I used to live and they used the Shuttleworth collection at Old Warden.

[dcikaruga]

Haha, well I've learnt a lot over the last 2 years. I've also brought Wings on DVD myself now. Would loved if they made a series covering the second half of the war, wasn't the Sopwith Strutter the first british machine to be fitted with a synchroised gun? I know the constantinquo gear came out later.

[ryko26]

@dcikaruga keep posting your expert comments! love the way standallas comes along and puts you right! lol

[osummuso]

I loved this series when I was a lad.

Glad I'm not alone.

I remember one episode, where a pilot got the idea of fitting a Tractor seat (thank you 'farmer's gazette annually') to his plane to stop rear entry. lol.

Should never have been cancelled.

[wwmoggy]

i have been looking for this show for years but never have any luck . there a company offering it

but there out of business now .

the was listed as public domain now.