| The National Archives of Scotland's education website, Scottish
Archives for Schools, is pleased to announce the launch of its latest
resource, 'A short life in the sky, 1915-16', based on the letters
of a young WW1 Scottish pilot.
When war broke out in 1914, aeroplanes were still a relatively
new invention. John Douglas Hume, known as Douglas by his family
and friends, left his home in Fife at the age of 18 to join the
Royal Naval Air Service. He trained in England and saw action in
Mesopotamia (present-day Iraq) and Turkey.
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He was a prolific letter writer. His correspondence displays a
range of style and feeling that cannot fail to stir the interest
and emotions of the reader. Thanks to his family who kept his letters
and photographs, we can experience his life as a pilot from May
1915 until his untimely death in December 1916. The records are
part of the Hume papers, which are held at the National Archives
of Scotland, NAS ref. GD486.
This resource is designed to support the teaching of reading and
writing skills at upper secondary school level in the framework
of Curriculum for Excellence. Students can evaluate the content,
style and use of language in Douglas Hume's letters and in
doing so, develop their own reading and writing skills.
Visit the Scottish Archives for Schools website (link available
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