3132 x 6384 px | 26,5 x 54,1 cm | 10,4 x 21,3 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
1915
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Photogravure from the Great War published in 1915 photographer uncredited. Info from wiki: Reginald Alexander John Warneford, VC (15 October 1891 – 17 June 1915) was a Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS) officer who received the Victoria Cross. On 7 June 1915 at Ghent, Belgium, Warneford, flying a Morane-Saulnier Type L, attacked the German airship LZ 37. He chased the airship from the coast near Ostend and, despite its defensive machine-gun fire, succeeded in dropping his bombs on it, the last of which set the airship on fire. LZ37 subsequently crashed in Sint-Amandsberg[6](51°3′43.2″N 3°44′54.7″E).[7] The explosion overturned Warneford's aircraft and stopped its engine. Having no alternative, Warneford had to land behind enemy lines, but after 35 minutes spent on repairs, he managed to restart the engine and returned to base He died 10 days later when his plane suffered a catastrophic failure
