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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
    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.

Gun to protect the photographic machine

from National Library of Scotland

  • Strafemall said:
    Ack ack guns are artillary pieces on the ground designed to shoot down flying aircraft . This is simply a Lewis machine gun used for defensive purposes on the RE8 .
  • thegreatlandoni said:
    Strafemall ... Correct. ... The gun mount is a "Scarff Ring". ... They often had twin Lewis machine guns side-by-side on the Scarff Ring. The "gunner" was also the "observer" and took recon photos with a camera mounted in his cockpit and aimed at the ground through an opening in the bottom of the plane. When the plane was attacked he manned the Lewis guns.

Lt. W.D. Coney (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

  • TVL1970 said:
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