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| Picture No | 10219709 |
| Date | 1916 |
| Description | A British observation-officer testing his communications equ |
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A British observation-officer testing the communications equipment which allowed him to speak to the ground when aloft in his kite-balloon. Such balloons were tethered to the ground and used by artillery batteries to observe the surrounding terrain and find targets for their fire.
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| Source | Photograph in 'The Illustrated London News', 14 October 1916, page 435 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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