A crowd surrounds a BE2 aircraft belonging to one of the British flying squadrons that operated ...

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Accession Number C00054
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Unknown
Place made Egypt: Suez Canal, Serapeum
Date made January 1916
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

A crowd surrounds a BE2 aircraft belonging to one of the British flying squadrons that operated from a base on the Suez Canal. This experimental aircraft was one of the least advanced types used in the First World War.