The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Lieutenant C H Vautin of No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), with leading German aviator Oberleutnant Gerhardt Felmy. This photograph was taken after Vautin was forced down, while on photographic reconnaissance near Gaza, and taken prisoner of war (POW) by the Germans. This photograph was dropped to the No 1 Squadron AFC airfield as proof that Vautin was unharmed.
Faded black cotton message bag constructed from a single length of black cotton sateen and stitched with cream cotton construction thread. The lower edge has been folded to form a 23cm pocket. The po
Small beige cardboard box containing cigarettes. Empty large blue cardboard box. The lid bears an image with the text 'FLAVIN-PLATTE HAUFF'. Small beige cardboard box containing cigarettes and a bo
Two excerpts from a French newspaper containing war-related articles. Excerpts from the French newspaper, La Liberte du Sud-Ouest found in a black message streamer. The streamer also contained a bo
Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Claude Henry Vautin, No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), from Yuin, Western Australia on the left, and German aviator Oberleutnant Gerhardt Felmy on the r
Outdoor portrait of Lieutenant (Lt) Claude Henry Vautin, No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps (AFC), from Yuin, Western Australia on the left, and German aviator Oberleutnant Gerhardt Felmy on the r
Group portrait of German aviators of Fliegerabteilung 300 (FA300) in various forms of tropical and other uniform, some pre-colonial. The photograph was dropped on No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corp
Group portrait of German aviators of Fliegerabteilung 300 (FA300) in various forms of tropical and other uniform, some pre-colonial. The photograph was dropped on No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corp
Group portrait of German aviators of Fliegerabteilung 300 (FA300) in various forms of tropical and other uniform, some pre-colonial. The photograph was dropped on No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corp
THE ONLY DE HAVILLAND FIGHTER WITH NO 1 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC), 1917. THIS IS THE AIRCRAFT IN WHICH LIEUTENANT CLAUDE VAUTIN WAS SHOT DOWN BY THE GERMAN FLYING ACE FELMY. (DONOR: R.H.
