The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
An aerial view of the large dumps at Ludd taken from 6000 feet. (AINN 1617). One of the roles of 1 Squadron, as part of 40th Wing, was strategic reconnaissance, out of which photographic reconnaissance developed. Deficient and inaccurate maps led to 1 Squadron flying a number of missions taking a series of overlapping images which were used to remap various localities. Five aircraft were detailed for this work, flying in line at 1000 yards apart, and escorted by three Bristol Fighter aircraft. The volume of work produced by 1 Squadron can be gauged by its output between 1 March 1918 and 30 June 1918. 78 photographic reconnaissance missions were flown producing 1894 exposed plates and 19423 prints.
An aerial view of the large dumps at Ludd taken from 6000 feet. (AINN 1616). One of the roles of 1 Squadron, as part of 40th Wing, was strategic reconnaissance, out of which photographic reconnaissa
An aerial view of the large dumps at Ludd from 6000 feet. (AINN 1615). One of the roles of 1 Squadron, as part of 40th Wing, was strategic reconnaissance, out of which photographic reconnaissance de
An aerial view of the large dumps at Ludd from 6000 feet. (AINN 1614). One of the roles of 1 Squadron, as part of 40th Wing, was strategic reconnaissance, out of which photographic reconnaissance de
An aerial view of the large dumps at Ludd, taken from 5,500 feet. (AINN 1613). One of the roles of 1 Squadron, as part of 40th Wing, was strategic reconnaissance, out of which photographic reconnais
An aerial view of Ramleh and surrounding country taken from 5000 feet. (AINN 1617). One of the roles of 1 Squadron, as part of 40th Wing, was strategic reconnaissance, out of which photographic reco
Aerial photograph of Messudie Station taken from 6000 feet at 1110 hours. (AINN 3190). One of the roles of 1 Squadron, as part of 40th Wing, was strategic reconnaissance, out of which photographic
