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

Accession Number B02264
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 A R Brown and Major S W Addison are standing in front of the aircraft and Lieutenant G 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.