2-716-865 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Bomb Droppers', 1914-1918, (c1920). 'A powerfully-engined, weight-carrying biplane, of the type used in bomb-dropping. The pilot is in his driving-seat in the bow, while the bomb thrower is seen behind him, with one missile ready to release, and a second hooked upon the side of the machine.' Method of dropping bombs during the First World War. From "The Great World War - A History" Volume I, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]