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![[Servicemen parachuting to ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/7501a368c8385359b2e74e8e10c3206c.jpg "[Servicemen parachuting to ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells]")
Photograph of two servicemen parachuting to the ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells, circa 1918. Included caption: "French Observation balloon which has been hit by German shells, coming down in flames; balloonists are descending in parachutes."Inscription: "SC95887."Embossed in corner: "Signal Corps U.S. Army."
![[Servicemen parachuting to ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells]](https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/square_thumbnails/71da1b8d07cfb8f6c2b75160aeaf88bc.jpg "[Servicemen parachuting to ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells]")
Photograph of two servicemen parachuting to the ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells, circa 1918.
Inscription on verso: "Hat, musette bag, A.S. Insignia, Soap, toothpaste, comb, boots + shoe brush + polish, pen + paper, magazines, cable, gloves. [Sy?] Powell and French Lt Couney Doron."