Sphere cover - British plane caught by German gun fire
A British aeroplane, caught making a daring raid over enemy lines and flying very low to drop bombs on German entrenched troops, is fired on by a machine gun as well as several rifles. According to the caption, the pilot had great difficulty in making his escape from the danger into which his audacity had led him
Picture No
14097509
Media ID
45690746
Size
3500px x 5381px
(2.7MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by Fortunino Matania on the front cover of The Sphere, 10 August 1918
Date
1918
