| Accession Number | A00673 |
|---|---|
| Collection type | Photograph |
| Object type | Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative |
| Maker |
Unknown |
| Place made | Ottoman Empire: Palestine, Weli Sheikh Nuran |
| Date made | 8 October 1917 |
| Conflict |
First World War, 1914-1918 |
| Copyright |
Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain
|
A captured German Air Force D III Albatros Scout aircraft, D636/17, flown by Oberleutnant Gustav ...
Description
A captured German Air Force D III Albatros Scout aircraft, D636/17, flown by Oberleutnant Gustav Adolf Dittmar of Fliegerabteilung 300 unit. The aircraft had been shot down, practically intact, into AIF Light Horse lines near Bersheeba by a Bristol fighter aircraft flown by Lieutenant R Steele, a Canadian pilot with 111 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. Members of 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps, recovered the machine and moved it to their airfield where repairs, including a bullet holed radiator, were carried out returning it to flying condition. See also A05005.