E01882 Accession Number: E01882

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An accident on Savy Aerodrome during the German offensive. A powerful factor in weakening the German thrust across the old Somme battlefield was the continuous bombing by British aircraft. Both Nos 2 and 4 Australian Squadrons were engaged in this, the machines bombing the enemy, returning for further bombs, and then starting again as fast as they could be loaded. No. 2 Squadron was at Savy. Seen here is an accident on the ground. (Serial No. C9539, V, of C Flight No. 2 Squadron). Left to right: Lieutenant G. R. E. Brettingham-Moore; Captain (Capt) R. W. McKenzie MC; Air Mechanic Second Class (2nd AM) A. Primrose; 656 Sergeant Percy Francis Clements; Corporal (Cpl) L. Dunnet; 2nd AM P. Gaffney; 2nd AM J. Matthews; 6 Cpl C. E. Wardell; Cpl W. B. Campbell MM.

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Accession Number
E01882
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Negative
Physical Description
Format: Half plate (13x18)
Support: Glass
Date Made
25 March 1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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