1WW OSCAR GRIEG OF MILL FARM, THROWLEIGH

Probably a group of pilots of the Royal Flying Corps. . Oscar Greig was born in Sutcombe in Devon and lived at Mill Farm in Throwleigh. He was a pioneering pilot with over 400 hours logged flying above the battlefields of World War One. In 1917, whilst on a reconnaissance flight, he was shot down by the Red Baron and was a prisoner of war for over a year. Oscar eventually escaped from his final camp in Silesia and returned to his home in Devon in December 1918. Note the thick balaclavas that would have been necessary to deal with the cold at altitude.