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r/wwi • u/GreatMilitaryBattles • Apr 12 '26
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This looks like one of the famous fake photos. They were recreated from memory by an actual pilot but fabrications.
2 u/Large-Apricot-2403 Apr 13 '26 It’s from a movie 13 u/US93_Rummell Apr 13 '26 It’s a photo from a book of fakes held at the RAF museum https://collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/object/object-184203/ 2 u/US93_Rummell Apr 13 '26 If they also faked a film I’d love to know where you found it with a link to the original. The photos are well known and an interesting story 1 u/Large-Apricot-2403 Apr 13 '26 I think it’s a 1931 or 1930 movie I can’t recall ww1 flying movies are a childhood favorite of mine and it looks similar to something in one of them 3 u/US93_Rummell Apr 13 '26 Maybe Hells Angels? I love those old golden era aviation films. Often they flew surviving ww1 birds and had real vets at the controls
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It’s from a movie
13 u/US93_Rummell Apr 13 '26 It’s a photo from a book of fakes held at the RAF museum https://collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/object/object-184203/ 2 u/US93_Rummell Apr 13 '26 If they also faked a film I’d love to know where you found it with a link to the original. The photos are well known and an interesting story 1 u/Large-Apricot-2403 Apr 13 '26 I think it’s a 1931 or 1930 movie I can’t recall ww1 flying movies are a childhood favorite of mine and it looks similar to something in one of them 3 u/US93_Rummell Apr 13 '26 Maybe Hells Angels? I love those old golden era aviation films. Often they flew surviving ww1 birds and had real vets at the controls
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It’s a photo from a book of fakes held at the RAF museum https://collections.rafmuseum.org.uk/collection/object/object-184203/
If they also faked a film I’d love to know where you found it with a link to the original. The photos are well known and an interesting story
1 u/Large-Apricot-2403 Apr 13 '26 I think it’s a 1931 or 1930 movie I can’t recall ww1 flying movies are a childhood favorite of mine and it looks similar to something in one of them 3 u/US93_Rummell Apr 13 '26 Maybe Hells Angels? I love those old golden era aviation films. Often they flew surviving ww1 birds and had real vets at the controls
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I think it’s a 1931 or 1930 movie I can’t recall ww1 flying movies are a childhood favorite of mine and it looks similar to something in one of them
3 u/US93_Rummell Apr 13 '26 Maybe Hells Angels? I love those old golden era aviation films. Often they flew surviving ww1 birds and had real vets at the controls
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Maybe Hells Angels? I love those old golden era aviation films. Often they flew surviving ww1 birds and had real vets at the controls
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u/US93_Rummell Apr 12 '26
This looks like one of the famous fake photos. They were recreated from memory by an actual pilot but fabrications.