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Photograph P00588.026 First World War, 1914-1918BIR EL MAZAR, SINAI, 1917. MECHANICS GATHERED AROUND A RETURNING PILOT TO HEAR RESULT OF A RAID. THIS TIME AT MAZAR DROME BESIDE A BE2E AT KILO 143. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)

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EL MAZAR, SINAI, 1917. NO 1 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) AERODROME, OUR 3RD AERODROME SINCE LEAVING KANTARA ON THE SUEZ CANAL. THE THREE PLANES IN THE FRONT LINE ARE, LEFT TO RIGHT: A BE2E AND TWO MARTINSYDES; A BE2E STANDS AT REAR. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
BIR EL MAZAR, SINAI, 1917. MECHANICS GATHERED AROUND A RETURNING PILOT TO HEAR RESULT OF A RAID. THIS TIME AT MAZAR DROME BESIDE A BE2E AT KILO 143. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)

DEIR EL BELAH, PALESTINE, 1917. THIS CAMOUFLAGED AERODROME LAID OUT BY NO 1 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC), WAS OUR FIRST IN PALESTINE AND PLAYED AN IMPORTANT ROLE DURING THE BREAKTHROUGH INT

C.1917. PALESTINE. NO 1 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC). THREE AIRCRAFT IN FRONT OF HANGAR. L-R TWO BE2E AND ONE MARTINSYDE AIRCRAFT. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE).

SINAI, 1916. NO 1 SQUADRON AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) ENTRAINED AND PASSING ROMANI CAMP, AND CROSSING SINAI DESERT BETWEEN KANTARA AND OUR DESTINATION, MUSTABIG AERODROME, JUST A FLAT AREA LIABLE T

BIR EL MAZAR, SINAI, 1917. AS A BE2E AIRCRAFT CAME INTO LAND AT MAZAR, IT RAN OUT OF FUEL AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO AVOID LANDING RIGHT ON TOP OF THE SERGEANTS MESS MARQUEE, AT THEIR LUNCH TIME. FOR

MARSAID HOD, SINAI, 1917. FLYING ABOVE THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA WITH LIEUTENANT JACK TUNBRIDGE IN A BE2E AIRCRAFT OF THE AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) TOWARDS MARSAID HOD. TENTS OF THE LIGHT HORSE CAN BE
