WWI aerial photography

jay moussy

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I am busy trying to find where a French distant cousin was buried, killed in action in northern France in September 1914.

In that process, I found a reference to tactical aerial photos of the day:



I cannot imagine the difficulty of the task, in the planes of the day...

Photos were 13 x 18 and 18 x 24 cm.
The photo work started in the Spring of 1915, and the pictures were relayed to the commanders on the ground.

The German armies had their own system, as well.
 
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