Enemy aeroplanes attack British steamer by G. H. Davis
Enemy aeroplanes attacking a British steamer. Bombs and bullets from above -- the Avocet attacked by three German planes during the First World War. The steamship was on its way from Rotterdam to Manchester. All the bombs dropped missed their target, and the ship's crew fired rifles at their attackers. The planes eventually turned away
Picture No
10691302
Media ID
46097994
Size
4149px x 6224px
(4.6MB)
Credit
© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
Source
Illustration by G. H. Davis in The Sphere, 27 November 1915, p227
Date
30 October 1915
