A05133 Accession Number: A05133

H15987

Photograph H15987 First World War, 1914-1918

1918-08. A BRITISH OBSERVATION BALLOON FALLING IN FLAMES AFTER BEING ATTACKED BY GERMAN AIRMEN, NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. THE PARACHUTE OF THE OBSERVER CAN BE SEEN TO THE RIGHT OF THE BALLOON (DONATED

Basket from a British observation balloon

Technology RELAWM04807.001 First World War, 1914-1918

Damaged wicker and wood observation balloon basket. Crushed on hitting the ground, the basket is from a British balloon shot down on fire by a German aircraft near Ypres, Belgium, in January 1918. T

H15988

Photograph H15988 First World War, 1914-1918

1918-08. THE SMOKING REMAINS OF A BRITISH OBSERVATION BALLOON WHICH WAS SHOT DOWN BY GERMAN AIRMEN NEAR VILLERS BRETONNEUX. (DONATED BY MR F B MC WHANNELL, MC) (SEE ALSO H15987)

E03017

Photograph E03017 First World War, 1914-1918

German prisoners, just captured, hurrying past Susan Wood, in fear of the fire of their own artillery north of the Somme, which could see them from an observation balloon as they topped the hill. The

H13483

Photograph H13483 First World War, 1914-1918

Western Front. c. 1918. A German soldier jumping from his observation balloon. German observers followed this procedure when their balloon was attacked by Allied aircraft. (Donor German War Museum Kog

H04779

Photograph H04779 First World War, 1914-1918

ALSACE, FORMER FRANCO-GERMAN FRONTIER. AN OBSERVATION BALLOON BROUGHT TO EARTH BY A FALL OF SNOW.