Captain Alfred Buckham - Official Site

Biography

Name Alfred George Buckham
Date Of Birth 6 November 1879
Married Grace Marianne Ash on 25 September 1913
Died 21 September 1956
Special Interests Adventurer, Painter, Photographer
Career Photographic section of the Royal Naval Air Service

Some Facts:

  • As a child, Alfred was a sickly person.
  • He was so frail that his parents were advised by the Doctor to move to the country.
  • He was too weak to attend school and so was tutored at home by his Uncle.
 

What is so amazing is that he overcame his weaknesses, learned to fly, took pictures in the most horrendous storms (his preferred conditions), crash landed nine times (having to have his larynx removed after one of them), yet took the most stunning pictures of aircraft, clouds, ships, waves and assorted panoramas.