Above The Battlefield: WW1 Aerial Photography

During the Great War pilots took their aircraft above the battlefield not only to bomb and strafe, but to photograph the trenches of the Western Front. What do these images show us and how do they relate to the landscape we know today?

5 Comments on “Above The Battlefield: WW1 Aerial Photography”

Alan Frazier
March 19, 2022

Hi Paul- I really enjoyed the episode. Do you have a link to the Württemberg archives you reference? Sorry if I missed it. I live here in Stuttgart and want to pay a visit.

Thanks,
Alan

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- oldfrontline
  March 19, 2022
  
  Hi Alan – thanks! The Stuttgart archive is here: https://www.landesarchiv-bw.de/de/en/68809
  
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  - Alan Frazier
    March 20, 2022
    
    Thanks Paul!
    
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Stephen Hunt
March 28, 2022

Another great podcast. The development of aerial photography in the Great War is something that I know little about, so thanks also for the reading list. I am quite partial to the then and now books!

Given my interest in Artillery the role of aerial photography in gunnery was especially interesting. Also interesting was the comparison of WW1 and the ACW. I have emailed you a link with an article about this separately.

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- oldfrontline
  March 28, 2022
  
  Thanks for that, Stephen. I’ll have a read of it!
  
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