Ernest Archer flying at Twello, Holland, October 16th or 17th 1910:

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A ‘work in progress’ family history website starting from an Archer family of South Oxford, who were freemen, brewers, haulage contractors, and first ‘Archer & Co’ then ‘Archer Cowley & Co’ furniture removers in the 19th and 20th Centuries, inter alia, to whom are linked by marriage the Penfolds and Wells of Southwark and Surrey, the Reeds of Devon, the Gilders of Oxford and Hinckley, the Morgans of Petworth, Sussex, the Garners of Middleton, Lancs and many others. There are connections via Phil and the present generation (born 1930s/40s) with a patent law firm known as "UD&L" with motor-racing and Scottish antecedents.

The hand-written Dutch text “ARCHER TE TWELLO” means “Archer at Twello”. And as a result of input very kindly provided by a visitor to this website, Klaas Jan Sijsling, who speaks with authority on early Dutch aviation, I now know that: "Archer flew at the Molenhei (near Gilze-Rijen, near Breda) in August and September 1910". And “Archer flew at Twello (near Deventer and Apeldoorn) on October 16th and 17th in 1910”. Therefore, as this shot is at Twello, it was clearly taken on October 16th or 17th 1910, and if the latter, it was great uncle Ernest’s last flight. What a shame it all came to an end like that. (text corrected 11.2.2015.pba). This image is scanned from a postcard printed by the firm (of photographers): J.H. Rutgers of Nieuwstraat 26, Deventer.

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Ernest Archer flying at Twello, Holland, October 16th or 17th 1910: