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Photograph H12090 First World War, 1914-1918"GOING TO HIS ACTION STATION" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG345) [NAVAL CREWMAN ENTERING BASKET OF KITE BALLOON VIA WINCH]

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
"READY TO JUMP" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG263) [TWO BALLONISTS ON EDGE OF OBSERVATION BALLOON BASKET ABOUT TO JUMP]
"GOING TO HIS ACTION STATION" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG345) [NAVAL CREWMAN ENTERING BASKET OF KITE BALLOON VIA WINCH]

"A KITE BALLOON IN FLAMES" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG292)

The Officer Commanding A Company in the basket of an observation balloon about to ascend at Ypres. Note the shelled buildings in the background.

England. c. 1916. Two members of the Royal Naval Air Service dressed in balaclavas and other warm clothing are assisted into the basket of an air observation balloon in the hull of a RN balloon carrie

"READY FOR THE ATTACK" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG283) [AIRSHIPS CREW ON PLATFORM NEXT TO OUTRIGGED ENGINE. PROP STOPPED. PROBABLY PERFORMING ENGINE REPAIRS.]

"THE BITTER BIT" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG285) [WRECK OF GOTHA G.IV BOMBER. WINGS ON LEADING EDGE]
