With the wreckage of their aircraft still smouldering, the bodies of two aircrew lie nearby

            Dated 14.2.16, the reverse has a lengthy letter which I have uploaded for your perusal.

Commercial postcard depicting the still smouldering wreckage of an Allied aircraft and its hapless crew. There is conjecture as to the date, location and identity of the aircraft. As so often is the case with commercially available postcards, the soldiers were able to put their own slant on the story that accompanied the image.

Taken in: France / Lorraine / Ligny-en-Barrois (show map)

Taken on: January 12, 1916

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Great War

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Sets appears in: • Grüße aus dem Schützengraben • Aircraft, personnel and associated matériel of the Great War

Groups appears in: • Historic and Old Photos • World War I more » • The Great War 1914 - 1918 • B&W Found Photos • Great Air War Aircraft WWI • Somme Battlefields • The Aviation Museum « less

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