A Wolseley S.E.5A type of aircraft flying low near Lille. Fitted with a 180 H.P. Viper ...

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Accession Number E03728
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original quarter plate negative
Maker Unknown Australian Official Photographer
Place made France: Nord Pas de Calais, Nord, Lille
Date made 16 November 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 Wolseley S.E.5A type of aircraft flying low near Lille. Fitted with a 180 H.P. Viper (Hispano-Suiza) engine, these machines were successfully employed up to the time of the Armistice for aerial fighting, ground target shooting, and low bombing.