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80 photos and 1 illustration tagged lewisgun, from 16 members of Flickr Commons.

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• lewismachinegun
• machinegun
• wwi
• thegreatwar
• greatwar
• worldwari
• scarffring
• aviation
• worldwarone
• ww1
• firstworldwar
• airplane
• aircraft
• militaryaviation
• biplane
• 19141918
• france
• war
• machineguns
• soldiers
• warphotography
• photographicprints
• propaganda
• great

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• SDASM Archives 44 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Scotland 13 photos & illustrations
• The Library of Congress 6 photos & illustrations
• Provincial Archives of Alberta 4 photos & illustrations
• National Library of Ireland on The Commons 2 photos & illustrations
• Université de Caen Normandie 2 photos & illustrations
• Texas State Archives 1 photo / illustration
• SMU Libraries Digital Collections 1 photo / illustration
• U.S. National Archives 1 photo / illustration
• State Library of Queensland 1 photo / illustration
• IWM Collections 1 photo / illustration
• The Library of Virginia 1 photo / illustration

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Machine gun in front line trench (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• jamica1 said:

  Did anyone not smoke?

• Art Siegel said:

  uncropped version rom the IWM site:
  "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION
  Men of the 6th Battalion, the York and Lancaster Regiment at a Lewis gun post, on the front line near Cambrin, 6 February 1918.
  
  McLellan, David (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer)"
  
  
  THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918© IWM (Q 8460)

• Jan (LOC P&P) said:

  Thanks Art Siegel, we'll add this information to the record.

World War One 99th Aero Squadron

from SDASM Archives

• The Happy Rower said:

  Tall fellow in front center with white scarf is Raymond Noble Estey.

• Rémi Brouillaud said:

  Officers and S.E.5a Scouts of No. 1 Squadron at Clairmarais aerodrome near St. Omer, 3rd July 1918. Precisely Clairmarais south. Refer to: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205247599 See also www.flickr.com/photos/sdasmarchives/8091979277/ but the caption is somewhat different!

British aviators getting instructions (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  From the Imperial War Museum site:
  "THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, MARCH-JULY 1918
  
  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)
  Made by: Aitken, Thomas Keith (Second Lieutenant) (Photographer)
  
  1918-05-15
  
  The Pilot and Observer of a Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8 biplane (serial number B5106) of No. 59 Squadron receiving instructions before "taking off" from Vert-Galland Aerodrome, 15 May 1918. Major Charles Joseph Mackay MC is holding the map. Note the Observer's Lewis gun on the Scarff Ring."
  
  
  THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE, MARCH-JULY 1918© IWM (Q 12168)

• Art Siegel said:

  Other photos by Lt. Aitken of air operations in the Spring of 1918 at the Vert-Gallant aerodrome: www.iwm.org.uk/collections/search?query=aitken+vert&i...

• Arden said:

  Thanks Art Siegel. We will add more details when we update the description.