The centenary of the primary recorded British medical flight has been remembered with a re-enactment. 100 years in the past, within the desert in Sinai throughout the First World Warfare, the primary ever aeromedical evacuation passed off. The medical officer of an injured soldier from the Imperial Corps persuaded a pilot to take him to hospital in an plane, reducing his journey time from two days (by practice and camel) to 45 minutes. Since then carrying injured personnel by air has saved numerous lives and medical personnel from the Royal Air Drive have offered care in each main battle. HRH the Duke of Gloucestershire marked the anniversary with the opening of a brand new museum on the Stow Maries Nice Warfare Aerodrome in Chelmsford.
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Interviewed on this report are Sergeant Neil McKendrick, Sergeant Lizzie Camp, Museum Trustee and Retired Airman Barry Dickens.
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