MAKE A MEME View Large Image Aerial view of Ypres during the Second Battle of Ypres (1915).jpg en This aerial view of the Belgian city of Ypres during the Second Battle of Ypres 1915 was taken from a captured German soldier or spy - the precise details of his role have ...
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Keywords: Aerial view of Ypres during the Second Battle of Ypres (1915).jpg en This aerial view of the Belgian city of Ypres during the Second Battle of Ypres 1915 was taken from a captured German soldier or spy - the precise details of his role have been lost 1915 http //forums somethingawful com/showthread php threadid 3574609 post420461598 Leutnant Eichler spotter for the Imperial German Flying Corps The Something Awful Forums Post Posted October 12 2013 by Sithlas on the Something Awful Forums thread Does your family have World War II or World War I stories Share them here My great grandfather captured a German spy in WW1 and took this photo from him of an aerial photo of the battle of Ypres before turning him over to the British command I have no idea why he didn't turn over the photo possibly trying to save the German's life since I doubt they treated spies too kindly considering it had markings on it pointing out their positions but whatever -- the tens of thousands of deaths were my gain in getting a hundred year old photo I'm not sure if the photo is of the first or second battle of Ypres though the Cloth Hall is thoroughly destroyed in the photo so I assume the latter He went on to get gassed when the Germans used chlorine gas there He lived the rest of his life with severe lung and eye problems and died in his 40s from lung issues Oddly I haven't found another photo like it everything else I have seen of Ypres is either just a field or an isometric close up view of the city so maybe it's the only German aerial surveillance photo still out there - I'd be very curious to know if there's similar stuff still It's too discolored to be valuable I assume but still a really cool memento to have I never did find out any information about who the German guy was other than that his name was Lt Eichler but I can be happy that at least my Grandfather didn't just shoot the guy Handwriting in the picture German Vorläufig und ohne Gewähr Links oben 1554 Rechts oben 24 7; 1554/Fl 33 Links unten Gegend Ypern U 4J; Beobachter Lt Eichler Rechts unten Höhe 4200m Custom license marker 2013 10 19 PD-old-70 Uploaded with UploadWizard Second Battle of Ypres Aerial photographs of Belgium
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