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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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BIR EL MAZAR, SINAI, 1917. A BE2C AIRCRAFT CRASHED WHEN TAKING OFF FROM MAZAR AND NOSED INTO A SAND HILL. LIEUTENANT ANGUS OWEN MCPHILLAMY, THE PILOT, IS SECOND FROM RIGHT. (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)

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

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

Bir el Mazar, Sinai. c. 1916. The interior of a water supply pumping room. (Donor W.M. Ellis)

SINAI, 1917. LIEUTENANT JACK TUNBRIDGE OF BALLARAT IN THE COCKPIT OF AN AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) SINGLE SEATER MARTINSYDE AIRCRAFT, ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. NOTE THE STITCHING OF THESE OLD TIME MACHINE

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
