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Fowls of the Air

A British biplane flies over Fallujeh, on the Euphrates river, Iraq. It is returning to the town of Hit with supplies purchased from market, a number of dead fowls, unplucked, which the aeroplane is transporting by trailing them behind, tied together on two long strings attached to the tail of the plane

Picture No
14106135
Media ID
45651895
Size
5070px x 3721px (2.5MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Drawing by Joseph Simpson The Illustrated London News 19 April 1919
Date
1919

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