Title

The End of a German Plane; An enemy plane, a twin-engine gotha..., 1917. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

'The End of a German Plane; An enemy plane, a twin-engine gotha, which had flown over Calais on the night of November 3 to 4, 1917, crashed, around one o'clock in the morning, against the cliffs of Blanc-Nez, near Sangatte, about 12 kilometers away from Calais, after getting lost in the thick fog that stretched over the strait. Four men were inside: a pilot, an observer officer and two bombardiers. All four were drowned by the rising tide which enveloped the craft', 1917. From "L'Album de la Guerre 1914-1919, Volume 2" [L'Illustration, Paris, 1924].

Date

1917

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM23A80_260

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,5Mb (3,8Mb) / 16,5in x 11,2in / 4955 x 3348 (300dpi)

Keywords

weather transport transportation Germany sea water coast people male man men historical German discovery arts coastal country French France flight fog book guy tide geography color foggy dead cape death drowned cliff cliffs aircraft war remains location disaster debris rubble century catastrophe photograph aviation literature pas de calais first world war concept crash photo bomber natural phenomena B&W corpse discovering month publication water's Edge air Transport Colour Waters Edge World War I WWI November black & white black and white B W white and black World War One 1910s 20th century Nord-Pas-de-Calais history historic The Print Collector 1st World War geographical feature Pas-de-Calais TGN WW1 Gotha illustration portrait pencil Unknown débris L'Illustration eleventh month L'Album de la Guerre Cap Blanc-Nez