Oystein
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I am currently sorting 6 or 7 moving boxes with all the family photos, and several more with family history, from postcards to genealogies.
Among these are two small photo albums with photos taken during World War 1. My great-uncle had landed a position with aerial reconnaissance, as he was one of the early good car mechanics and people figured he'd be good with planes, too. (My sister, who knows more about the old family stories than I do, thinks he was more on fixed balloons or zeppelins, but I think planes, as there are some planes and airfields in the pictures, but no lighter-than-air craft).
I am currently uploading the photos of the first album to my own private webspace. So mods, any hotlinking I do here is okay!
The aerial pics are mostly, or all, from what today is the western Ukraine. Until 1914, it was part of the Russian Empire. During WW1, the region was captured by Austrian and German troops, later reclaimed by the Russians, who retreated after Brest-Litovsk, and surrenderd it to Poland.
In WW2, the area was annexed by the Soviet Union according to Molotoc-Ribbentrop, then overrun by the Germans, cleansed of its Jews, retaken by the Soviets and incorporated into the Soviet Republic of Ukraine.
The other pictures are taken from ground level; some in northeastern France (Champagne, around the Aise channel), some in Germany.
Today, I only photographed them, using available diffuse daylight, a tripod, my Nikon D70 and a Sigma 105mm lense (which is equivalent to 157mm for normal size film).
We plan to send these to the archive of the German Navy, as aerial reconnaissance in WW1 supposedly was done under the command of the Navy. They will do professional scans and send them back, IIRC. So here is a preview fur you gals and guys!
What can you find in the pics?
Among these are two small photo albums with photos taken during World War 1. My great-uncle had landed a position with aerial reconnaissance, as he was one of the early good car mechanics and people figured he'd be good with planes, too. (My sister, who knows more about the old family stories than I do, thinks he was more on fixed balloons or zeppelins, but I think planes, as there are some planes and airfields in the pictures, but no lighter-than-air craft).
I am currently uploading the photos of the first album to my own private webspace. So mods, any hotlinking I do here is okay!
The aerial pics are mostly, or all, from what today is the western Ukraine. Until 1914, it was part of the Russian Empire. During WW1, the region was captured by Austrian and German troops, later reclaimed by the Russians, who retreated after Brest-Litovsk, and surrenderd it to Poland.
In WW2, the area was annexed by the Soviet Union according to Molotoc-Ribbentrop, then overrun by the Germans, cleansed of its Jews, retaken by the Soviets and incorporated into the Soviet Republic of Ukraine.
The other pictures are taken from ground level; some in northeastern France (Champagne, around the Aise channel), some in Germany.
Today, I only photographed them, using available diffuse daylight, a tripod, my Nikon D70 and a Sigma 105mm lense (which is equivalent to 157mm for normal size film).
We plan to send these to the archive of the German Navy, as aerial reconnaissance in WW1 supposedly was done under the command of the Navy. They will do professional scans and send them back, IIRC. So here is a preview fur you gals and guys!
What can you find in the pics?
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