COLLECTION NAME:
Underwood & Underwood World War I press photographs
Record
Identifier:
C0502_B001_F075.jpg
Title:
Royal Flying Corps pilot preparing for a bombing flight
Creator:
Underwood & Underwood
Date:
1918-02-25
Description:
Attached: "169192 F.C. COPYRIGHT UNDERWOOD & UNDERWOOD, N.Y. READY TO BOMB THE HUNG. The pilot ready to make a flight is inspecting one of the 25 pound bombs his machine carries. This British official photo gives us a glimpse of one of the Royal Flying Corps's bombing [squadrones?], whose favorite pastime is bombing the Boche whether he be in the trenches or in billets. 2/25/18."
Subject:
World War, 1914 - 1918
Subject:
Airships
Decade:
1910s
Type:
Still Image
Genre/Form:
war photography
Genre/Form:
black-and-white photographs
Genre/Form:
group portraits
Format:
Photograph; black and white
Extent:
6 1/2 x 8 1/2 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 75
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.
