Description:
Nieuport returning from patrol duty. Sometimes when the French pilots find no enemy aircraft, and not wishing to return to their posts with unused ammunition, they allow themselves the sport of strafing enemy dugouts and soldiers in the streets of Chaulnes, now in ruins. Near the Somme, in 1917.
French-American aerial bombardier, Henri Farré, created some of the earliest aircraft aviation art in the world, as seen from an aerial vantage point. He was known to tie a notebook to his thigh during World War I, and do sketches while flying. This image depicts an Nieuport aircraft returning from patrol duty near the Somme, France, in 1917. When the pilots found no enemy aircraft, and not wishing to return to their posts with unused ammunition, they allowed themselves to strafe enemy dugouts in the streets of Chaulnes, now in ruins. The Department of the Air Force Art program is very honored to have this and other Farré artworks in the collection, generously donated by the Rockefeller Family.
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