Leonard Taplin

Lieutenant **Leonard Thomas Eaton Taplin** (16 Disamba 1895 - 8 Yuli 1961) ya kasance dan wasan Australiya na yakin duniya na. A lokacin hidimarsa a Falasdinu, ya taimaka wajen yin amfani da daukar hoto na sama don zane-zane. Daga nan sai ya koma Yammacin Gabas kuma an ba shi lambar yabo tare da nasarori 12 na sama. Bayan yakin, ya kasance majagaba na jirgin sama a Ostiraliya, kuma babban ɗan ƙasa a garinsu.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Taplin a ranar 16 ga watan Disamba na shekara ta 1895,  mahaifinsa shine C. E. Taplin,  masanin gine-gine. A ranar 8 ga Mayu 1907, yayin da yake zaune a Malvern, Taplin mai shekaru goma ya karya hannunsa yana wasa da tsalle-tsalle a makaranta. A cikin misali na farko na ƙarfin zuciyarsa, ya fara tafiya gida, sannan rabin mil zuwa likitan, inda ya miƙa wuya ga samun karyewar ƙasusuwa a hannunsa ba tare da anesthetic ba.

Taplin ya halarci Kwalejin Prince Alfred . Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya ɗauki aiki a matsayin mataimakin ɗan'uwansa, wanda ya kasance injiniya mai kula da Kamfanin Sayar da Wutar Lantarki a Parramatta .  Daga nan sai ya shiga rundunar sojin Australiya a matsayin injiniya a ranar 12 ga Yuni 1915 don haka ya iya aiki a yakin duniya na farko. A kan hanyar shiga, ya ba da wurin haihuwarsa a matsayin Adelaide da aikinsa a matsayin injiniyan lantarki. Ya kuma bayyana cewa shi dan asalin Burtaniya ne. Ya lissafa mahaifinsa, Charles Eaton Taplin, a matsayin na gaba na dangi, amma kuma ya kara da Mrs. D. Taplin na Charing Cross, London a matsayin na biyu na gaba na dangin.

## Yaƙin Duniya na I
Bayan horo a Ingila, Taplin ya yi watanni tara a Faransa a matsayin mai saɓo. Ya nemi canja wuri zuwa Australian Flying Corps . A ranar 8 ga Nuwamba 1916, an yarda da shi don canja wuri. Bayan horar da matukin jirgi, an sanya shi zuwa No. 1 Squadron AFC a Gabas ta Tsakiya a matsayin matukin jirage na Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2. Bai kasance a cikin B Flight na naúrar ba na dogon lokaci lokacin da yake cikin hadari kusa da Khan Yunis. A ranar 8 ga Nuwamba 1917, yayin da yake tashi BE.2 serial number 4312 a kan wani harin bam a kan wani tashar junction, Taplin ya rushe jirgin. Mai lura da shi ya mutu a cikin fashewar, kuma Taplin ya ji rauni sosai.

Koyaya, Taplin ya warke sosai a Sabuwar Shekara cewa Janar Allenby ya ba shi damar yin amfani da daukar hoto na sama don taswirar. A watan Janairun 1918, Janar Allenby ya yi amfani da matukan jirgi guda biyar na Australiya daga No. 1 Squadron AFC don ɗaukar hoto na yanki mai murabba'in kilomita 6 (1,620 ) a Falasdinu a matsayin taimako don gyarawa da inganta taswirar gaban Turkiyya. Taplin da 'yan uwansa Allan Runciman Brown, H. L. Fraser, Edward Patrick Kenny, da L. W. Rogers sun ɗauki hoton wani yanki wanda ya shimfiɗa daga layin gaba na Turkiyya   zurfin yankunansu na baya. Da farko a ranar 5 ga watan Janairu, sun tashi tare da rundunar sojan yaki don kare mayakan abokan gaba. Yin amfani da jiragen saman Royal Aircraft Factory BE.12 da Martinsyde, ba wai kawai sun shawo kan hare-haren jiragen sama na abokan gaba ba, har ma sun yi amfani da iskar mil 65 a kowace awa, wuta mai kashe jirgin sama, da kayan aiki marasa aiki don kammala aikin su a kusa da 19 ga Janairun 1918.

A ranar 17 ga watan Janairu, a lokacin daya daga cikin wadannan hotunan da aka dauka a  , Taplin ya sha wahala da kyamarar jamming yayin da yake taswirar Nablus. Ya yanke shawarar riƙe joystick tare da gwiwoyinsa kuma ya rushe kyamarar don share jam dinta. Da zarar an raba kyamarar, wani Albatros na Jamus ya kai masa hari. Taplin ya kore shi tare da fashewar zagaye 30 na bindigar bindiga, sannan ya kammala gyaran kyamara kuma ya kammala aikinsa.

A ranar 5 ga Maris 1918, Taplin ya bar Gabas ta Tsakiya don aiki yana tuka Sopwith Camel tare da No. 4 Squadron AFC a Redlington, Faransa.[1] Ya ci nasara ta farko a ranar 17 ga Yulin 1918, ta amfani da lambar Camel C8226 don lalata jirgin saman leken asiri na Albatros mai kujeru biyu a kudu maso yammacin Estaires.[2] A ranar 26 ga watan Yulin, yana tashi da karfe 0420 na safe a wani hari na bama-bamai tare da Very flares da babban fashewa da bam din phosphorus ban da nauyin man fetur da harsashi. Lokacin da Camel mai saurin gudu ya buga wani rami kuma ya karya axle na saukowa, Taplin ya cire kayan aikinsa na tsaro kuma ya fita daga cikin hadari. Fashewar da ta biyo baya ta ɗan raira waƙar matukin jirgi mai gudu.[1]

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