A.E.F., France.
3 photos taken at Remaisnil Aerodrome, in Somme department, northern France, September 9,1918 showing World War I flying aces in front of their planes, each with inked handwritten title and description. The Aces were members of the 148th Squadron which had been formed at Kelly Field, Texas, in late...
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| Format: | Photo |
| Language: | English |
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[United States] :
[Air Service, Information Section],
[1918]
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| Summary: | 3 photos taken at Remaisnil Aerodrome, in Somme department, northern France, September 9,1918 showing World War I flying aces in front of their planes, each with inked handwritten title and description. The Aces were members of the 148th Squadron which had been formed at Kelly Field, Texas, in late 1917 and sent to France as part of the American Expeditionary Forces. |
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| Item Description: | Title from handwritten text at head of each image. Originals formed part of "Gorrell's history of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917-1919", typescript historical narratives, reports, photographs, and other records that documented the administrative, technical, and tactical activities of the Air Service in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I, compiled by Colonel Edgar S. Gorrell and the Information Section of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service for Major General Mason Patrick. Photos appear to have been pasted into a scrapbook and subsequently cut out, with remnants of the paper on the reverse. Two sets of two photos stuck back-to-back together. |
| Physical Description: | 4 photoprints : silver gelatin, black and white ; 22 x 17 cm |