Photograph showing a uniformed pilot and observer standing together underneath the engine and propeller of their Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 reconnaisance aircraft, which stands on a muddy airfield with a similar aircraft behind, 1917-1918 (c).
The pilot leans against the lower wing with legs crossed and the observer rests his hand on the pilot’s shoulder.
Bomb racks can be seen under the wings.
From an album containing 96 photographs relating to Lt William Charles Carter who served in the Artists’ Rifles The London Regiment from 1913 and 13 Sqn Royal Flying Corps 1917-1918.