![[A crowd around a Harry Hawker aircraft, Broadmeadows, 1914. Hawker was a Melbourne car mechanic who became famous in England as an aviator, aircraft designer and builder.]](/content/media/45/159695-small.jpg)
Summary
Photograph taken at Broadmeadows about 1914, showing soldiers sitting on the ground in front of a crowd inspecting a BE2a aeroplane, which was based at the Central Flying School at Point Cook.
The BE2a was a single-engine, two-seat British bi-plane. It was used for reconaissance and as a light bomber.
Description of Content
A crowd, including a number of soldiers, around an aeroplane during a visit by Harry Hawker. The plane is a BE 2A/C which was designed by Geoffrey de Havilland.
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Acquisition Information
Copied from Barry Sproull, 14 Sep 1988
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Place & Date Depicted
Broadmeadows, Greater Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, circa 1915
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Format
Negative, 35 mm, Black & White
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Keywords
Aeroplanes, Military Forces, Soldiers, World War I, 1914-1918
