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[German airplane before take-off. On a Flanders naval airfield - 1917] – Vintage Wall Art

[German airplane before take-off. On a Flanders naval airfield - 1917], [1917] — historic photograph
[German airplane before take-off. On a Flanders naval airfield - 1917], [1917]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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A German airplane sits ready for takeoff on a naval airfield in Flanders, the coastal region of Belgium that became a front line in the First World War. By 1917, German naval aviators were using bases along this coast to scout the North Sea and the English Channel and to strike at shipping and coastal targets. The print comes from the collection of Oskar Ursinus, a German aviation writer and enthusiast, and its caption information was compiled from an old card and later revisions, so some details may be uncertain. Still, the image offers a clear view of the aircraft and the flat, open ground that such airfields required.

Created / published[1917]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
SubjectsThis record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions. Oskar Ursinus collection. Caption card tracings: WWI; Airplanes--1917.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,152 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-143898

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