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A 1917 MODEL AERIAL CAMERA STRAPPED IN SLOTS ON THE SIDE OF A BE2E AIRCRAFT AT SIDE OF PILOT. THIS PARTICULAR CAMERA WAS FITTED WITH AN 8 INCH LENS, BUT LATER WE WERE ISSUED WITH A MODEL TAKING A 10 INCH LENS. ALL OFFICIAL PHOTOS WERE TAKEN VERTICALLY. THE PILOT USED THE RELEASE CONTROL FOR NO 1 PHOTO, THE 5X4 GLASS PLATE SLID INTO CONTAINER NO 4, AS CORD NO 2 PLACED THE NEXT PLATE IN POSITION FROM TOP PLATE HOLDER NO 3. EACH PLATE HOLDER HELD OR RECEIVED 18 PLATES. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
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
463 Private Harry Victor Leckie, a Photographer with No. 1 Squadron Australian Flying Corps (AFC), mounting a camera on the starboard side of a BE2E aircraft.
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 A
Graflex 2 ¼ x 3 ¼ inch Miniature Speed Graphic press camera. The body is made of mahogany bound with black leather. Pushing the covered button on the top of the camera releases the lens bed, which fol
Bell and Howell 70 DR 16 mm vertical format camera with a steel body finished in a gray crackle paint. The front of the camera features a rotating circular lens turret plate with three screw mounted
PALESTINE, 1917-04-10. THE FIRST AERIAL COMBINED MOSAIC PHOTOGRAPH MADE BY AUSTRALIAN PHOTOGRAPHERS. ACTUALLY WE WERE STILL ATTACHED TO THE 5TH WING AND KNOWN AS NO. 67 SQUADRON ROYAL FLYING CORPS. TH
