Home War Diary of Gen Frank P. Lahm – US Air Service World War One (Part One) A Caquot kite balloon ready to ascend. Note a motor winch and infantrymen hauling on ropes to hold the balloon down. Near Metz, 25 January 1918

A Caquot kite balloon ready to ascend. Note a motor winch and infantrymen hauling on ropes to hold the balloon down. Near Metz, 25 January 1918

Kite balloon being prepared for launch with a Canadian Kinematographer on board, May 1917
European Center of Military History (EUCMH)