PALESTINE. 1918. TYPES OF AERIAL CAMERAS USED BY THE AUSTRALIAN AND ROYAL FLYING CORPS IN THE ...

Place Middle East: Ottoman Empire, Palestine
Accession Number P01184.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type 4x5", Polyester, Silver Gelatin
Physical description 4x5", Polyester, Silver Gelatin
Place made Ottoman Empire: Palestine
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

PALESTINE. 1918. TYPES OF AERIAL CAMERAS USED BY THE AUSTRALIAN AND ROYAL FLYING CORPS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. MANY THOUSANDS OF SQUARE KILOMETRES WERE PHOTOGRAPHED BY NO. 1 SQUADRON, AUSTRALIAN FLYING COPRS (AFC). ULTIMATELY THESE PHOTOGRAPHS GAVE RISE TO THE FIRST DETAILED MAPS OF MUCH OF THE MIDDLE EAST. (ORIGINAL HOUSED IN AWM ARCHIVE STORE) (DONOR J. E. WORTH)