A00673 Accession Number: A00673

Description

A captured 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 111 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Members of 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, recovered the machine and moved it to their airfield where repairs, including a bullet holed radiator, were carried out returning it to flying condition. See also A05005.

Details

Accession Number
A00673
Photographer
Unknown
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Date Made
8 October 1917
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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