10.5287/BODLEIANJXGA.2
James, Fenn
Fenn
James
Trench art plane made by James Fenn (3)
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
Dataset
1916-08-01/1916-08-31
2011-12-05 11:03:27.506209
2011
gwa-3869
Artifact
Trench art fighter plane made by James Fenn. He was village blacksmith at Bramfield, Suffolk, after the war.
Editor's Comment:
Base made from cut down 18 Pdr. shell case, manufactured in August 1916. Plane stand and rear fusilage made from two Lebel rounds (French small arms ammunition), rest of plane made from scrap brass.
Shoeing Smith 19360 James W. Fenn, Royal Field Artillery.