A BE2C undergoing repairs after the Battle of Shaik Saad, 10 January 1916

Photograph, World War One, Mesopotamia (1914-1918), 1916.

The BE2c was built by the Royal Aircraft Factory as a two-seater reconnaissance aircraft. The example show was flown by a Captain Murray, Royal Flying Corps, on several observation and photographic missions during the Battles of Ctesiphon (November 1915) and Shaik Saad (January 1916).

From a collection of 265 photographs compiled by Major W Leith-Ross, Indian Army Staff, 1915-1917.