H03816 Accession Number: H03816

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Weli Sheikh Nuran, Palestine. 10 October 1917. A German Air Force D III Albatros Scout aircraft, D636/17, flown by Oberleutnant Gustav Adolf Dittmar of Fliegerabteilung 300 unit. The aircraft had been shot down, practically intact, into AIF Light Horse lines near Bersheeba by a Bristol fighter aircraft flown by Lieutenant R. Steele a Canadian pilot with No 111 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. No 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, members recovered the machine and moved it to their airfield where repairs, including a bullet holed radiator, were carried out returning it to flying condition. A Bristol BE2 aircraft can be seen in the background of this photograph.

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Accession Number
H03816
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Date Made
10 October 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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