File:Observation balloon ascending (3016327795).jpg

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English: This arresting image clearly shows the outline and parts of the British airship. Britain's airships were only partly rigid, at the front and the back, unlike Germany's completely rigid Zeppelin. Both sides used the ships for air and naval reconnaissance but Britain never attempted to use hers for long range bombing.

[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. R.F.A. kite balloons are the eyes of our guns in France. The Observers are highly trained men & when their balloons are shelled or attacked by enemy aircraft they are forced to make rapid descents in parachutes. These parachutes must be kept in perfect working order. Observation Balloon ascending.']

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Author National Library of Scotland
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  • World War One official British photographs
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  • War
  • Military Photo Pool
  • World War I
  • The Great War 1914 - 1918
  • Great Air War Aircraft WWI
  • The Aviation Museum
  • The Great War Archive Flickr Group
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  • great
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  • world
  • war
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  • haig
  • douglas
  • sir
  • general
  • scotland
  • national
  • library
  • nls
  • national library of scotland
  • balloon
  • observation
  • airship
  • zeppelin
  • british
  • reconnaissance
  • nls:dodid 74548640
  • nls:derivative 74407177
  • nls:dodprojectid 74462370
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  • organization:library nationallibraryofscotland
  • owner:name nationallibraryofscotland
  • The Great War
  • First World War
  • World War I
  • Aviation
  • Lighter Than Air
  • Observation Balloon
  • Great War
  • British Army
Camera location46° 42′ 44.81″ N, 1° 43′ 05.95″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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