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| Picture No | 10825325 |
| Date | 1918 |
| Description | Sphere cover - British plane caught by German gun fire |
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A British aeroplane, caught making a daring raid over enemy lines and flying very low to drop bombs on German entrenched troops, is fired on by a machine gun as well as several rifles. According to the caption, the pilot had great difficulty in making his escape from the danger into which his audacity had led him.
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| Source | Illustration by Fortunino Matania on the front cover of The Sphere, 10 August 1918 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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