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WWI - Military observation balloon shot down by German plane

Hot time for a "sausage"'. A British observation balloon is shot down by enemy planes during the First World War. The occupants of its basket have jumped to hopeful safety with their balloons, called acorns because of their shape when unfolded and hanging over the edge of the basket

Picture No
11121203
Media ID
46891922
Size
4175px x 4937px (2.5MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Unattributed illustration on the front cover of The Modern Boy magazine 10 June 1932
Date
1932

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