Wind engine with an attached searchlight

£24.00

High resolution digital image from our catalogue

An enclosed description of the image reads: “A new use for an old device–Germans place search lights on windmills to mark Great Continental air-routes. Photo shows: An up-to-date old windmill, equipped with a powerful search light to guide aviators on the great Continental air route between Moscow, Danzig and Berlin. German air authorities have found this a most economical way to cope with the growing demand for air travel.” Underwood & Underwood negative no. S/1215X56.