f 



Photograph courtesy Division of Military Aeronautics 



MILITARY OBSERVERS DESCENDING IN PARACHUTES EROM THEIR BAE'EOON 



The observation balloon, which has been successfully attacked by a Hun aviator, can be 

 seen far above. A moment after the taking of this photograph, at Dravigny, France, the kite 

 balloon burst into flames as the result of incendiary bullets tired into its hydrogen-filled bag 

 (see illustration, next page). The two observers can be clearly distinguished swinging safely 

 to earth, sustained by the graceful white parachutes. 



446 



