Picture No | 10724679 |
Date | 1918 |
Description | Officers of the Kite Balloon Section by Lieutenant G. Machin |
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The Up-in-a-Balloon Boys, A Collection from Somewhere in France. Officers of the nth Kite Balloon Section drawn by Lieutenant G. Machin of the R.A.F. Caricatures of members of a Kite Balloon Section, part of the Royal Flying Corps and then Royal Air Force, and used for reconnaissance and relaying information about enemy movements. Portraits include Lieutenant Jolliffe, Captain Cochrane M.C. Lt. Kelly, the recording officer, Lt. Davies (who was wounded first time up), Lt. Jameson of South Africa, Lt. Pell and Lt Machin himself.
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Source | Illustration by Lieut. G. Machin in The Tatler, 5 June 1918 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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