British aviators getting instructions, 15 May 1918. The pilot and observer of a Royal Aircraft Factory biplane (serial number B5106) of No. 59 Squadron receiving instructions from Major Charles Jospeh Mackay before taking off from the Vert-Galland Aerodrome, France, May 15, 1918. The observer's Lewis gun is on a Scarff ring.

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