#16 Observer in a German balloon gondola shoots off light signals with a pistol.

Observer in a German balloon gondola shoots off light signals with a pistol.

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

#16 Observer in a German balloon gondola shoots off light signals with a pistol.

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