Aerial photograph of bombs bursting south of El Lubban at 1500 hours. A road is winding through ...

Aerial photograph of bombs bursting south of El Lubban at 1500 hours. A road is winding through the mountains (left) and a wadi is on the right. (AINN 317). One of the roles of 1 Squadron, as part of 40th Wing, was strategic reconnaissance, out of which photographic reconnaissance developed. Deficient and inaccurate maps led to 1 Squadron flying a number of missions taking a series of overlapping images which were used to re-map various localities. Five aircraft were detailed for this work, flying in line at 1000 yards apart, and escorted by three Bristol Fighter aircraft. The volume of work produced by 1 Squadron can be gauged by its output between 1 March 1918 and 30 June 1918. 78 photographic reconnaissance missions were flown producing 1894 exposed plates and 19423 prints.