Tractor Hauling Bombing Plane into Position

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Description

The original caption for this photograph reads: A small motor tractor getting a huge R.A.F. bombing machine into position on an aerodrome 207th Squadron R.A.F. Ligescourt. Somme Campaign.

It comes from a series of photographs depicting military activities during World War I that were taken by British photographers and acquired by the U.S. War Department.

Citation

This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.

National Archives Identifier: 16581120

Full Citation: Tractor Hauling Bombing Plane into Position; 8/29/1918; British Photographs of World War I, 1914 – 1918; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/tractor-bombing-plane/, April 6, 2026]

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