Propeller of Handley-Page bomber, Western Front, during World War I. Mechanics checking one of the two propellers of this Handley-Page bomber. It is probable that this is a Handley-Page 0/400, an improved 1918 version of the 0/100 bomber which had been in use since 1916. It had four Rolls Royce engines and was the largest Allied aircraft used during the war.<br><p>This is one of several photographs of this aircraft attributed to Tom Aitken,  which have the word 'stopped' in blue pencil on the back. It may have been censored; this is particularly likely if it was the new 0/400 model.<br>
[Original reads: 'OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN ON THE BRITISH WESTERN FRONT IN FRANCE. Handley-Page plane. One of her propellers.']<br></p>
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