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| Keywords: australian war memorial australianwarmemorial r.e.8 re8 aircraft airplane worldwar1 aviation bombs biplane royal aircraft factory royalaircraftfactory royal aircraft factory r.e. 8 royalaircraftfactoryre8 bomber australian flying corps australianflyingcorps afc blackandwhite monochrome black and white ID Number: E01176 Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) Place made: France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Savy Date made: 22 October 1917 An unidentified member of the 69th Australian Squadron, later designated No. 3 Australian Flying Corps (AFC), fixing incendiary bombs to an R.E.8 aircraft at the AFC airfield north west of Arras. The entire squadron was operating from Savy (near Arras) on 22 October 1917, having arrived there on 9 September after crossing the channel from the UK. 69 Squadron was temporarily attached to the RFC while they gained experience on the Arras front. They began moving to a more permanent base at Bailleul on 12 November, operating as a full Corps squadron attached to 1 Anzac Corps. The last AFC aircraft and personnel left Savy on 16 November 1917. Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions. This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection www.awm.gov.au Persistent URL: cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/E01176 ID Number: E01176 Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) Place made: France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Savy Date made: 22 October 1917 An unidentified member of the 69th Australian Squadron, later designated No. 3 Australian Flying Corps (AFC), fixing incendiary bombs to an R.E.8 aircraft at the AFC airfield north west of Arras. The entire squadron was operating from Savy (near Arras) on 22 October 1917, having arrived there on 9 September after crossing the channel from the UK. 69 Squadron was temporarily attached to the RFC while they gained experience on the Arras front. They began moving to a more permanent base at Bailleul on 12 November, operating as a full Corps squadron attached to 1 Anzac Corps. The last AFC aircraft and personnel left Savy on 16 November 1917. Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions. This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection www.awm.gov.au Persistent URL: cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/E01176 ID Number: E01176 Maker: Hurley, James Francis (Frank) Place made: France: Nord Pas de Calais, Pas de Calais, Savy Date made: 22 October 1917 An unidentified member of the 69th Australian Squadron, later designated No. 3 Australian Flying Corps (AFC), fixing incendiary bombs to an R.E.8 aircraft at the AFC airfield north west of Arras. The entire squadron was operating from Savy (near Arras) on 22 October 1917, having arrived there on 9 September after crossing the channel from the UK. 69 Squadron was temporarily attached to the RFC while they gained experience on the Arras front. They began moving to a more permanent base at Bailleul on 12 November, operating as a full Corps squadron attached to 1 Anzac Corps. The last AFC aircraft and personnel left Savy on 16 November 1917. Rights Info: No known copyright restrictions. This photograph is from the Australian War Memorial's collection <a href="http://www.awm.gov.au">www.awm.gov.au</a> Persistent URL: <a href="http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/E01176">http://cas.awm.gov.au/photograph/E01176</a> airplane aircraft aviation bomber bombs afc biplane worldwar1 australianwarmemorial royalaircraftfactory re8 royalaircraftfactoryre8 australianflyingcorps | ||||
