Item 01: Frank Hurley war diary, 21 August-28 October 1917 - Page 24
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[Page 24]
dare not show lights owing to hostile air craft. The battlefield in the night was a wonderful sight of star shells & flashes. The whole sky seemed a crescent of shimmering sheet lightning like illumination. It was all very beautiful yet awesome and terrible. We returned to tents in Hazebrouck at 11.30 p.m. dog-tired & wiser men.
24th August
During morning Bean, Wilkins & self motored out to see the St Omer Aerodrome of the Royal Flying Corps. This great aerodrome consisted of many large hangars & more resembled the extensive edifices of a great Central Railway Station. We expected to see the 69th Australian Flying Corps land here, but as the weather was very gusty & windy & army arrangements are so variable, we were disappointed. They were to fly