E03866 Accession Number: E03866

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A Royal Flying Corps (RFC) RE8 aircraft serial B506? which crashed on the battlefield at Westhoek. It was compelled to land through engine failure. The dumbell insignia on the rear fuselage indicates 21 Squadron RFC. The words `Gold Coast No. 7' painted under the cockpit probably indicate the aircraft was the seventh presented to the RFC by the Gold Coast, a then British Colony in Africa.

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Accession Number
E03866
Photographer
Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Date Made
10 October 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
Australian Official Photograph
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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