P00589.010 Accession Number: P00589.010

Description

Two British airmen, of No 14 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps (RFC), taken Prisoner of War (POW), with their German captors, of Fliegerabteilung 300 "Pascha" (300 Squadron), in front of an aircraft. Front row, left to right: unidentified; Lieutenant Falke; an unidentified Austrian artillery officer; Gerhard Felmy; Lieutenant C V Palmer, RFC; Lieutenant E A Floyer, RFC; and an unidentified man, identified on the print as the Austrian commanding officer, although he is wearing a Turkish-style hat more typical of German officers serving with Turkish units. This is a copy of a photograph dropped on a British Camp by German Airmen. See also P00339.012.

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Accession Number
P00589.010
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Format: 3x4"
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Date Made
c 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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