Catalogue description War Office: War of 1914-1918: Western Front: Photographs

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Details of WO 316
Reference: WO 316
Title: War Office: War of 1914-1918: Western Front: Photographs
Description:

This series consists of aerial and other photographs taken in Flanders during the First World War. The majority of the photographs were taken from aircraft and were used for intelligence, mapping and reconnaissance purposes, but the series also contains artillery panoramas which show views of the battlefield taken from artillery positions (WO 316/24-39).

Date: 1914-1918
Related material:

For other aerial photographs of the Western Front see AIR 1

Held by: The National Archives, Kew
Legal status: Public Record(s)
Language: English
Creator:

War Office, 1857-1964

Physical description: 58 photograph(s)

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