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Air mechanics seeing that all's well before the Handley-Page sets out to bomb the Germans
English: Handley-Page bomber wing, Western Front, World War I. This shows mechanics standing on the left wing of a Handley-Page bomber, checking the wing before take off. The left propeller and the nose of the plane can be seen beyond the wing. The wings on a Handley-Page folded back when not in service, but here the wings appear to be extended.
This is one of several photographs of this aircraft attributed to Tom Aitken, which has the word 'stopped' in blue pencil on the back. It may have been censored.
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Air mechanics seeing that all's well before the Handley-Page sets out to bomb the Germans.']
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