WWI aviation - a scout circus looking for trouble
Impression of aeroplanes painted with bright colours in order to give them a more terrifying appearance. The device was first employed by the Germans who had one squadron, under Baron von Richthofen, painted bright scarlet. The artist has not shown how British machines were actually painted by offers a suggestion of his own for making a squadron distinct and terrifying
Picture No
14104296
Media ID
45623638
Size
6831px x 4051px
(4.0MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by C. Fleming Williams in The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, 12 January 1918
Date
1918
