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66 photos tagged observationballoon, from 10 members of Flickr Commons.

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• lighterthanair
• aviation
• balloon
• navalaviation
• worldwarone
• wwi
• worldwari
• greatwar
• thegreatwar
• unitedstatesnavy
• usnavy
• usn
• sandiego
• northisland
• airships
• ww1
• firstworldwar
• lta
• libraryofcongress
• xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11
• militaryaviation
• france
• thefirstworldwar
• aircraft

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• SDASM Archives 41 photos
• The Library of Congress 14 photos
• National Library of Scotland 3 photos
• Université de Caen Normandie 2 photos
• U.S. National Archives 1 photo
• Australian War Memorial collection 1 photo
• Nationaal Archief 1 photo
• State Library of New South Wales 1 photo
• Community Archives of Belleville & Hastings County 1 photo
• Tasmanian Archives and State Library (Commons) 1 photo

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Filling Army balloon (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• rightful letters said:

  Some sniper could do big damage with a well placed shot.

Parachute jumper (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  see see

• Greg Marcangelo said:

  Thanks, Art!

British balloon towed by a drifter (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  From the Imperial War Museum site:
  "THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR
  
  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer
  
  A balloon being towed by a naval drifter."
  
  THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR© IWM (Q 18090)

• Karen (LOC P&P) said:

  Art Siegel: Thank you for providing this information. We'll add it to the record next time we update.