COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F054.jpg
Title:
Crashed German plane on the Flanders front
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-13
Description:
Attached: "S/168325 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. GERMAN PLANE RIDDLED BY BRITISH FIRE BALLS WRECK IN FLANDERS BATTLE. During an unusual intensive bombardment on the Flanders front that German plane ventured over the British lines. The anti-aircraft guns were immediately trained on the Boche plain [sic] and it was fairly riddled with shots before it came down a total wreck. It landed on one side which crumpled up, leaving two battered wings projecting from the smashed body. The airman was killed. The remarkable thing in the bringing down of this plane was the number of times it was hit. Shot after shot pierced the wings before the engine was hit and the plane fell a dottering [sic] mass. British official photo. 2/13/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Subject:
Airplanes, Military
Geographic Area:
Belgium
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
military aircraft
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
8 x 10 in.
Digital Publisher:
George Mason University. Libraries. Special Collections Research Center.
Collection:
Underwood and Underwood World War I press photographs
Physical Location:
Box 1, Folder 54
Rights Statement:
Public Domain. There are no known restrictions.
General Note:
The description for these photographs is transcribed from paper descriptions that are attached to the photographs with adhesive. These paper descriptions are brittle and acidic. For presentation and accessibility purposes, the descriptions have been cropped out of the image.
