Name/Title
USS Texas Balloon DetailsEntry/Object ID
2023.1006.17Scope and Content
Two pages stapled together covering balloon details. First page details officers in charge of different operations. Second page details duties of port side and starboard side crews.Context
Battleship Texas arrived in Scapa Flow on February 11, 1918, where she joined the British Grand Fleet. She patrolled the North Sea throughout 1918, escorted the German High Seas Fleet to surrender on November 21, and departed the Grand Fleet on December 1, 1918.
William Wilbur served on Battleship Texas from December 1917 to August 1919. During WWI, he was selected to train on Kite Balloons at the Royal Naval Air School.Collection
Collection (William K. Wilbur), Historical Collections
