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FRANCE. C. 1918. FRENCH TROOPS INSPECTING A BRITISH SOPWITH AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NO E4389, WHICH CRASHED IN CANADIAN ARMY LINES AND FINISHED STANDING ON ITS NOSE. THE PILOT HAD A WONDERFUL ESCAPE; WHEN HE LANDED THE GROUND WAS HELD BY THE ENEMY, THE PILOT WRIGGLED FROM HIS SEAT AND RAN FOR THE CANADIAN LINES AND SURVIVED ALTHOUGH SHOT AT.
MIDDLE EAST. C. 1917-06. MAJOR A. MURRAY-JONES MC DFC, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 2 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC), STANDING BESIDE AN AUSTRALIAN MARTINSYDE G.100 SINGLE SEAT AIRCRAFT, SERIAL
MIDDLE EAST. C. 1917. MAJOR A. MURRAY-JONES MC DFC, COMMANDING OFFICER OF NO. 2 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC), STANDING BESIDE AN AUSTRALIAN MARTINSYDE G.100 SINGLE SEAT AIRCRAFT, SERIAL NUM
RAF officers examine the torn and scorched wreckage of a German Heinkel III bomber aircraft which was shot down over Alexandria by a British night fighter. The German bomber, which crashed in flames,
BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND. 1944-12-25. GROUND STAFF PERSONNEL OF NO.5 TACTICAL RECONNAISSANCE SQUADRON RAAF, FITTING A "STOREPEDO" CONTAINING AN AUSTER AIRCRAFT PROPELLER TO THE BOMB RACKS OF A COMMONWEALTH
CRASHED AVRO 504 AIRCRAFT WITH ITS TAIL HIGH IN THE AIR AND NOSE FLAT ON THE GROUND, POSSIBLY ATTACHED TO AN AUSTRALIAN FLYING CORPS (AFC) SQUADRON.
Lieutenant F H McNamara and Captain D W Rutherford were returning from an aerial bombing near Gaza on 20 March 1917 when Captain Rutherford was forced down. Although wounded and under heavy rifle fire
