The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
PALESTINE. c. 1918. A CRASHED BRITISH RE8 AIRCRAFT SERIAL No B5856. THE FATE OF THE PILOT IS NOT KNOWN BUT AN AMBULANCE WAS IN ATTENDANCE. (DONOR ROYAL AUSTRALIAN MEDICAL CORPS)
UNITED KINGDOM. C. 1918. A ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY RE8 RECONNAISSANCE TWO SEAT AIRCRAFT. THE PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS A ROYAL FLYING CORPS MACHINE BUT THE RE8 WAS ALSO USED WITH GREAT SUCCESS BY THE AUSTRALIAN
The first Hun aircraft (an Albatros scout in background) serial D.636, brought down intact on the Palestine front. The German pilot, Oberleutnant Gustav Adolf Dittmar, (left in leather coat) was disa
UNITED KINGDOM. C. 1918. A STARBOARD VIEW OF A ROYAL AIRCRAFT FACTORY TWO SEATER RE8 RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE (SERIAL NO A4232). (ORIGINAL PRINTS HELD IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (DONO
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
PROBABLY FRANCE, C.1918. BRITISH PILOT AND OBSERVER FROM NO.62 SQUADRON, ROYAL FLYING CORPS (RFC), IN BRISTOL FIGHTER F2B AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT IS FROM A HIGHLAND REGIMENT. (DONOR - B. GORDON).
PALESTINE. C. 1918. A DE HAVILLAND 2 PUSHER AIRCRAFT SHOWING DAMAGE AFTER IT WAS CRASHED BY CAPTAIN RIDDELL OF THE ROYAL FLYING CORPS. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (DONOR J. E. WORTH)
