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A Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 Plane

Cropped section of photograph also pictured on this page showing a Royal Aircraft Factory RE8, a type of aircraft used for directing artillery fire, bombing, reconnaissance, aerial photography and contact patrol etc. Two men are pictured in the cockpit of the aircraft, while another man stands beside it. This photograph was taken at the Royal Air Force exhibition of aircraft held at Roundhay Park, Leeds, in 1919

 

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