German pilots of the close support airplanes with gas mask prior to a deployment, 1916

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Image text:

The pilot and his observer of a German ground attack airplane wear gas masks. On the wing of the airplane was installed a machine gun, on the side of the fuselage signal flares. Below are winged bombs, which were thrown by hand on the enemy positions.

Photographer:

Scherl

Date:

01.01.1916

31.12.1916

Location:

Germany

Image ID:

00060170

Dimensions:

2690px x 1887px

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No model release, no property release. No commercial, merchandising or advertising use without release by SZ Photo

Copyright Notice:

Scherl/Süddeutsche Zeitung Photo

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Historical archives

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Gas warfare during First World War

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Keywords:

1st World War World War I World War One air force airplane arms aviator gas attack gas mask gas protection gas war military officer pilot soldier troop troops war weapon weapons western front politics unrest conflicts historical

Headline:

German pilots of the close support airplanes with gas mask prior to a deployment, 1916

Date:

01.01.1916

Photographer:

Scherl

Image ID:

00060170