themonsstar Posted 4 October , 2022 Share Posted 4 October , 2022 Pictures from a German album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EAST YORKSHIRE Posted 4 October , 2022 Share Posted 4 October , 2022 Interesting photos, Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 4 October , 2022 Share Posted 4 October , 2022 1st Photo - Kite balloon on the Roman Road near Estrées. 1st Reverse - Our Balloon Section on its return from the front. 13.02.1915 2nd Photo - Observation post of the Sound Ranging Troop 13 2nd Reverse - Our Balloon Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EAST YORKSHIRE Posted 5 October , 2022 Share Posted 5 October , 2022 Thanks Charlie, forgive me if my question might be ametureish ..but the only sound ranging things I have ever seen are the Sound Mirrors on our coastline, do you know what they used for sound ranging in this instance? Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie2 Posted 5 October , 2022 Share Posted 5 October , 2022 2 hours ago, EAST YORKSHIRE said: do you know what they used for sound ranging in this instance? Ian for locating enemy artillery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_sound_ranging Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EAST YORKSHIRE Posted 6 October , 2022 Share Posted 6 October , 2022 20 hours ago, charlie2 said: Ian for locating enemy artillery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artillery_sound_ranging Charlie Thanks Charlie, an aspect I have never looked into, Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knittinganddeath Posted 6 October , 2022 Share Posted 6 October , 2022 (edited) I got very excited about the Dragon division (Drachenabteilung) before I remembered that actually Drachen = kite. Edited 6 October , 2022 by knittinganddeath Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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