Cockburn-Lange fraud picture of a WWI dog fight In 1931, Wesley Archer, a pilot in No 40 Sqn RAF who had been wounded some time in 1918, perpetrated a hoax (really a fraud) that went unrecognised for years. The pictures first appeared in January 1931 (supplied by Mrs. Gladys Cockburn-Lange, reputedly the remarried widow of a British Royal Flying Corps officer shot down in France.)

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Caption: Cockburn-Lange fraud picture of a WWI dog fight In 1931, Wesley Archer, a pilot in No 40 Sqn RAF who had been wounded some time in 1918, perpetrated a hoax (really a fraud) that went unrecognised for years. The pictures first appeared in January 1931 (supplied by Mrs. Gladys Cockburn-Lange, reputedly the remarried widow of a British Royal Flying Corps officer shot down in France.)

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Keywords: 174/15757 • GREAT BRITAIN • WORLD WAR 1 MISC 4 • WW1 WWI WORLD WAR ONE