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Photograph H18112 First World War, 1914-1918FRENCH FRONT. KITE BALLOON FROM BELOW SHOWING OBSERVER'S BASKET.

The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
FRENCH KITE BALLOON, OBSERVER'S BASKET ON GROUND.
FRENCH FRONT. KITE BALLOON FROM BELOW SHOWING OBSERVER'S BASKET.

VOSGES, FRENCH FRONT. FRENCH KITE BALLOON WITH GROUND PARTY.


"GOING TO HIS ACTION STATION" (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG345) [NAVAL CREWMAN ENTERING BASKET OF KITE BALLOON VIA WINCH]

A kite balloon ascending from a ship. Kite balloons carried observers in a suspended basket. The observers were trained to look for shadows that suggested the presence of submarines; any submarine th

Vimy Ridge, France. c. 1917. A section of the ridge as seen from the basket of a kite balloon. (Donor Canadian Official Photograph)
