#1 A French SPAD S.XVI two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft flying over Compeign Sector, France, with zig-zag patterns of defensive trenches in the fields below, 1918.

A French SPAD S.XVI two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft flying over Compeign Sector, France, with zig-zag patterns of defensive trenches in the fields below, 1918.

Knights of the Sky, Cages of Death: The Brutal Evolution of WWI Air Combat

#1 A French SPAD S.XVI two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft flying over Compeign Sector, France, with zig-zag patterns of defensive trenches in the fields below, 1918.

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