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[Ein bei Metz durch Lt. v. Scheele, Beobachter, abgeschossenen Franzose] – Historic Reproduction

[Ein bei Metz durch Lt. v. Scheele, Beobachter, abgeschossenen Franzose], [1914?] — historic photograph
[Ein bei Metz durch Lt. v. Scheele, Beobachter, abgeschossenen Franzose], [1914?]. 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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The caption places this scene near Metz, the fortress city in Lorraine that was held by Germany from 1871 until 1918, and names Lieutenant von Scheele as the observer in the German aircraft that brought down a French airman. Downed aircraft and captured crews were a common subject of wartime photography, and in 1914 aerial combat was still new, with two-seat machines carrying a pilot and an observer who fired on enemy planes. The caption data is unverified, so the date of "1914?" and the exact circumstances remain uncertain. The print comes from a photo album assembled by Hermann Göring, himself a WWI airman, which is a useful clue to how such images were gathered and preserved.

Created / published[1914?]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1910-1920.
NotesTitle transcribed from accompanying caption list. Other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data. In: Photoarchiv Generalfeldmarschall Hermann Göring, v. 2, p. 28, no. 141. Hermann Göring Collection.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,172 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-144150

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