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Picture No 10822907
Date 1916
Description RFC after reconnaissance work on Western Front, WW1
Details

The pilot and observer of a Royal Flying Corps aeroplane are helped back to their rest quarters after returning from a reconnaissance mission over the Western Front. The Sphere magazine reports that, "The effect of rarefied atmosphere, however, passes off rapidly after a good sleep." Note the plane's camera held in the hand of one of the soldiers.
Source Illustration by Fortunino Matania in The Sphere, 15 April 1916
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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