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Description: | image: A scene of aerial combat. From the top left of the composition and silhouetted against a bright yellow sunburst we
look down upon a French monoplane, the pilot of which is operating his machine gun. Across a mass of clouds, which break at the bottom of
the composition to reveal the French countryside, four German aircraft disperse in all directions.
text: 'On the 5th February 1915 [Pegout] attacked at a good distance a monoplane and shot him down. Immediately after he attacked two
biplanes in succession, shot one down and forced the second to land.' During the summer he was killed in glorious combat, 31 August
1915. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | 01/3(4-15) Action aerial view FR.F DE.F Aircraft Accidents | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Lutetia, Paris | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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