Aerial reconnaissance image of the Villers-sur-Ancre/Morlancourt area, taken to check the extent ...

Accession Number	P09378.001
Collection type	Photograph
Object type	Digital file
Place made	France: Picardie, Somme, Corbie Albert Area, Morlancourt
Date made	19 May 1918
Conflict	First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Aerial reconnaissance image of the Villers-sur-Ancre/Morlancourt area, taken to check the extent of the Australian advance following the attack on the morning of 19 May 1918. The image was taken by Lieutenants Tom Latham Baillieu (pilot) and Edward Fearnley Rowntree (observer) from an RE8 aircraft of No. 3 Squadron AFC. The image is marked with a 'clock face' to allow for the plotting of the fall of artillery shells.