A German L.V.G. CV 2 seater reconnaissance aircraft brought down by Australian Flying Corps ...

Accession Number B02263
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Date made 22 August 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A German L.V.G. CV 2 seater reconnaissance aircraft brought down by Australian Flying Corps Officers Brown and Finlay on 22.8.1918. Captain Allan Runcieman Brown and Major S W Addison are standing in front of the aircraft and Lieutenant Garfield Finlay is standing to the right behind the aircraft. The aircraft was brought back to Australia post war but was one of a number of aircraft accidentally destroyed by fire at the Australian War Museum in Melbourne in the 1920s.