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WWI Pilot
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Captain John B. Stetson, Jr., the officer in charge of flying instruction at the American Expeditionary Force, 2nd Aviation Instruction Center near Tours, France. This photograph, taken by the Aerial Photography School, permits close examination of the fuselage of his deHavilland DH-4.
1918
United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces. Second Aviation Instruction Center
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WHi 10766
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WWI Airplane Repairs
1918
Elevated view of fuselage Repair Section of the American Expeditionary Force 2nd Aviation Instruction Center near Tours, France.
Sopwith Camels
1918
British-built Sopwith Camels at the American Expeditionary Force 2nd Aviation Instruction Center near Tours, France. The Sopwith Camel, manufactured by the Sopwith Aviation Co., accounted for more ...
Second Aviation Instruction Center Thanksgiving Day Menu
1918
Thanksgiving Day dinner menu given by the Second Aviation Instruction Center of the American Expeditionary Forces near Tours, France. Features two servicemen wearing fur-trimmed uniforms and boots ...
Vernon Castle and his Monkey Jeffrey
1918
Vernon Castle, half of the glamorous Castle dancing team, enlisted in the British Royal Flying Corps in 1915 and flew over 150 missions at the Western Front before being shot down. Afterwards Capta...
WWI Ace
1918
Rodney Williams, a World War I pilot from Delafield, Wisconsin, posed wearing his U.S. Air Service uniform. With five enemy aircraft downed in July 1918, Williams was the only Wisconsin aviator to...
Flying Nun in a B-52
The real flying nun, Sister Mary Aquinas Kinskey, O.S.F., in a B-52 simulator with Major Ralph M. Hanson. Sister Mary Aquinas was fulfilling her dream of flying a jet plane. The sister, whose Franc...
