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(69) N.510 - Up in the air in a Handley-Page, showing another Handley-Page making for the enemy's lines
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| First World War 'Official Photographs' > Photographers > Tom Aitken > (69) N.510 - Up in the air in a Handley-Page, showing another Handley-Page making for the enemy's lines |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/74549118 |
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| Description | Handley-Page bombers on a mission, Western Front, during World War I. This photograph, which appears to have been taken from the cabin of a Handley-Page bomber, is attributed to Tom Aitken. It shows another Handley-Page bomber setting out on a bombing mission. The model 0/400 bomber, which was introduced in 1918, could carry 2000 lbs (907 kilos) of bombs and could be fitted with four Lewis machine-guns. This photograph, which could have been of use to the enemy, has been censored. The caption has been scored through and 'Stopped' handwritten in blue pencil on the back. [Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Up in the air in a Handley-Page, showing another Handley-Page making for the enemy's lines.'] |
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| Description | Tom Aitken was a newspaper photographer from Glasgow who was assigned in December 1917 as a war photographer along with David McLellan and Armando Consolé. McLellan's work also features in the National Library of Scotland’s Haig Papers. War photographers held a hybrid position during World War I, being part of yet not ultimately responsible to the military. |
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| Description | Photographs by named photographers. |
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| Description | Black-and-white photographs mainly of the Western Front during the First World War. Official British war photographers took many of them for propaganda purposes. Unless otherwise stated, titles are the photographs' original captions. From the papers of Field Marshal (Earl) Haig (1861-1928). The Haig Papers also contain Douglas Haig’s diaries. |
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| Shelfmark | Acc.3155 |
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