Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2.a, No. 347
Royal Aircraft Factory BE 2A two-seater reconnaissance plane, the first British aircraft to land in France two weeks after the outbreak of the First World War. The pilot, Lieutenant Harvey-Kelley, can be seen lying on the ground to the right, smoking and studying a map
Picture No
49312404
Media ID
49312404
Size
6033px x 3805px
(69MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph in The Story of Twenty Five Years', 1910 Silver Jubilee Book 1935', page 148
Date
circa 1914
