A hydroairplane in distress attacked by an enemy land machine [Lithograph of a painting by Lieutenant Henri Farré]

Lithograph of a painting by Lieutenant Henri Farré featuring a seaplane being attacked by an enemy biplane, circa 1914-1918. Part of a series of eight lithographs depicting World War I aerial imagery.

Typed caption: "A hydroairplane in distress attacked by an enemy land machine. The German airplane is circling at a height of but 300 feet over the pilot and his gunner. The seaplane's machine gun having jammed, its gunner had nothing but a revolver for defence. Fortunately he succeeded in wounding the Boche, who retreated to dress his wounds. Relieved from attack, the pilot repaired his motor and returned to Dunkirk under his own power. 1915. From a painting by Lieut. Henri Farré."

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