'Parasol' Type L was a military reconnaissance aircraft designed and produced in France by Robert Esnault-Pelterie (hence R.E.P.)

[3] The fuselage was constructed of steel tube and was of triangular cross-section, with the apex on the ventral side.

[1] The RNAS operated from Dunkirk and its main task was the bombing of German airfields to prevent attacks by aircraft on the British fleet.

On, October 3, 1915, one of these aircraft, serial 8460 and flown by Flight Lieutenant Erroll Boyd from No.1 Wing, was on a bombing mission along the coast of Belgium, when it was hit by anti-aircraft fire.

[8] Data from Davilla & Soltan 2002, p.430,[6]General characteristics Performance Armament