Training Manual

During Reginald's training he wrote all his notes in a leather bound manual. The subjects covered in the manual are listed below.

  • Topography
  • Aerial Navigation
  • Magnetic Compass
  • Deviation Table
  • Long Reconnaissance Table
  • Wireless
  • Photography
  • Aerial Photography
  • Photographic Training of Observers
  • Engines & Rigging
  • Action of a Four Stroke Engine
  • Map Reading
  • Grids
  • Points to be remembered when making pin points
  • Contours
  • Co-ordination
  • Main object of Reconnaissances
  • Specimen Report Form
  • Map Reading
  • Interior Economy
  • Organisation of RAF in the field
  • Military Law
  • Official Correspondence
  • Artillery Organisation
  • Duties of Orderly Officer
  • The RAF in France
  • Bombs
  • Bomb Carriers
  • Bomb Sights
  • Tail Fuses
  • Lewis Automatic Machine Guns
  • Care & Cleaning
  • Mechanism
  • The Forward Movement
  • Ring Sights
  • The Ring Sight as a Range Finder
  • The Camera Guns
  • Lewis Automatic Machine Guns
  • Backward Movement
  • Forward Movement
  • Points Before Flight
  • Points After Flight
  • Hints to Observers
  • Ammunition
  • Fighting in the Air
  • Formation Flying
  • Signalling
  • Diagrams
  • Miscellaneous Signals
  • Bristol Fighter