Mapping Palestine: The Bavarian Air Force WWI Aerial Photography

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"THE TANGIBLE AND INTANGIBLE HERITAGE THAT EXISTS FROM PREVIOUS GENERATIONS PROVIDES A LINK BETWEEN PEOPLE AND THEIR PAST"

Tuesday, 17 June 2014 00:00

Reconnaissance flights were performed by Bavarian air squadron number 304 (AF304b) between September 1917 and September 1918 as part of the operations of the German-Turkish Alliance towards the end of WWI.

The aerial and ground photographs that resulted from these flights constitute an important tool for the study of the urban landscape of Palestine at the end of the Ottoman period, and as a baseline for a comparative topography for today.

An Article by: Nada Atrash

http://www.jerusalemquarterly.org/images/ArticlesPdf/JQ-56-57-Mapping-Palestine.pdf