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Photograph E01248 First World War, 1914-1918A large group of unidentified soldiers inflating an observation balloon near Ypres.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Unidentified soldiers inflating a British observation balloon near Proyart.
A large group of unidentified soldiers inflating an observation balloon near Ypres.

SOMME FRONT, FRANCE. METEOROLOGICAL POST. INFLATING AN OBSERVATION BALLOON.

ALSACE, FRANCE. INFLATING AN OBSERVATION BALLOON KNOWN AS "A SAUSAGE". SEE H04772.

ALSACE, FORMER FRANCO-GERMAN FRONTIER. INFLATING AN OBSERVATION BALLOON, KNOWN AS "A SAUSAGE". [SEE H04771]

An observation balloon ascending near Ypres. Note the soldiers on the ground are controlling the balloon using ropes.

Proyart, Somme, France. 1918-08. An observation balloon hovers above dugouts used by members of No. 1 Field Company, Royal Australian Engineers. (Original housed in AWM Archive Store)
