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Its actually August 1918. The lighter is being towed by HMS Redoubt. The aircraft is a Sopwith 2F-1 Camel serialled N6812 and the lighter is H3 from Harwich. This Camel was built in Scotland at Dalmuir by William Beardmore & Co.Ltd. This Camel can be seen in the Imperial War Museum, London.

Actually the take off was 5 feet or a little less than two metres. Stuart Culley was not to have been the original pilot but Commander Samson. But Samson had been injured a few days before when his skid equipped Camel fell off the lighter and he nearly drowned. There were many other pilots who...