Photos and illustrations for chapter 9

1. Frank Read. Parr took this photo of his friend at the monument to Lt. Col. James Hunter Blair on Craigengower Hill, April 3, 1918.

2. Parr at the Blair monument, April 3, 1918. Presumably taken by Frank Read.

3. Francis “Frank” Kinloch Read. Undated; probably taken at Ayr in April 1918.

4. Looking north across Wellington Square, Ayr. At the east end of the square is a statue to James George Smith Neill, who died at Lucknow; just visible beyond this statue is another, to Sir James Fergusson.

5. The Auld Brig, Ayr.

6. Aerodrome, Ayr School of Aerial Fighting, April 1918. The second plane from the right is a Bristol M. 1C monoplane. To the right is, I believe, an SE5, to the left, a Spad.

7. A Bristol M.1C monoplane and unidentified men at Ayr

8. WAACs drilling, Ayr, April 1918.

9. One result of “the Philly ordeal.”

10. Thomas “Tommy” John Herbert. Probably taken in the course of Parr’s bike ride with him to the Heads of Ayr, April 4, 1918.

11. Parr. Probably taken by Tommy Herbert at the Heads of Ayr, April 4, 1918.

12. This is probably Carleton House, where Parr and other cadets stayed in Ayr.

13. Looking north to Culzean Castle.

14. Culzean Castle from the west.

15. Culzean Castle, view from south east.

16. Water fowl on Culzean estate.

17. Waterfowl, lake, Culzean estate.

18. Brig o’ Doon, Alloway, south of Ayr, April 1918.

19. Leaflet and snowflakes.

20. Parr “by Wheelock.” He is probably standing outside Carleton House; this background appears in a number of his photos of people from this period. Note the wings over the breast pocket and lieutenant’s bar on his shoulder; this and the next photo were evidently taken after Parr received his commission Easter morning and before Wheelock’s accident on April 23.

21. “Touching. The embryonic ship builder in khaki dreams of peace. Taken by Wheelock.”

22. The captured Albatros that Parr flew on April 17, 1918.

23. Captured Albatros. This photo, published in the January 4, 1917, number of the magazine Flight, shows how it looked before it was repainted by the British. A June 28, 1917, article in the same magazine shows the plane refurbished and gives an extended description of it.

24. Gerald Joseph Constable Maxwell and a Spad VII, Ayr, April 1918.

25. Maxwell (facing camera) and Bristol M.1C C4954, Ayr, April, 1918.

26. “How do you expect me to smile and look unnatural?” This is one of the studio photos Parr had taken at Ayr in April, 1918, shortly after he had received his commission as a first lieutenant.

27. Lt. Parr Hooper, Ayr, April 1918.

28. Alison McIntyre (tentative identification).