History / World War I / Middle Eastern theatre of war;Palestine.Two Bristol F. 2B Fighter aircraft from the No. 1 Squadron of the Australian Flying Corps; at El Mejdel base. (The aircraft in the front is in half white colour scheme and the other in the back in standard scheme. The No 1 Squadron served in the war against the Ottoman Empire in Palestine).Photo by James Francis Hurley (1885 - 1962) (Frank Hurley);February 1918.