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Photograph P00588.016 First World War, 1914-1918THE FIRST AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF JERUSALEM, TAKEN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN PLANE. TAKEN EITHER BY ERIC ROBERTS OR ROSS MACPHERSON SMITH FROM A BE2E AIRCRAFT. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE).

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
BOMB LOAD OF TWO 112LB BOMBS IN RACKS UNDER A BE2E AIRCRAFT. ALTERNATIVELY THIS PLANE COULD CARRY SIX 20LB BOMBS. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE)
THE FIRST AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH OF JERUSALEM, TAKEN FROM AN AUSTRALIAN PLANE. TAKEN EITHER BY ERIC ROBERTS OR ROSS MACPHERSON SMITH FROM A BE2E AIRCRAFT. (DONOR: R.H. LECKIE).

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).

PALESTINE, 1917. A BE2E AIRCRAFT ABOUT TO TAKE OFF. NOTE MECHANIC SWINGING THE PROPELLER. JACK TUNBRIDGE AT CONTROLS, PHOTOGRAPHER H.V. LECKIE IN OBSERVER'S COCKPIT. LEWIS MARK 3 MACHINE GUN IN SWIVEL

LIEUTENANT REG BAILLIEU, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC), IN A 2 SEATER BE2E AIRCRAFT. TAKEN FROM FRONT COCKPIT. THE SHORES OF THE MEDITERRANEAN ARE ON THE RIGHT. (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
