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Knights of the Air - WWI aerial combat - Albert Ball

A British fighter plane in the Royal Flying Corps is attacked by two German aircraft. The illustration accompanies a feature inside The Modern Boy magazine by Captain W. E. Johns (of Biggles fame) about Captain Albert Ball, the British WWI flying ace

Picture No
11121193
Media ID
46891476
Size
3955px x 4676px (2.3MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed illustration on the front cover of The Modern Boy, 9 January 1932
Date
1932

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