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Outline of instruction, "Air Forces Pre-flight School (Bombardier-Navigator), Ellington Field, Texas," produced by the U.S. Army Air Corps, circa 1942. Includes Lewis Paul Bowers' name signed on the front cover and various handwritten notes on the…

Photograph of a servicemen working on a Ford Tri-Motor aircraft (partial wing number NC8[?]) in a hangar at Kelly Field, Texas, December 10, 1927.Inscription on verso: "Ford plane. Royal Air Truck. John A. Collins, pilot. Kelly Field, Tex. Dec. 10,…

Photograph of servicemen trapshooting, Brooks Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927. Inscription on verso: "Traps at Brooks Field. Reeder in foreground." Stamped on verso: "Finished by H. G. Rees Opt. Co. 407 E Houston St. San Antonio, Tex." Part of a…

Photograph of serviceman Julius A. Barr at Brooks Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927. Stamped on verso: "This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture. Made by Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas. Copyrighted 1927 by Carl D. Newton." Part of a photograph album…

Photographic group portrait of servicemen, some dressed in civilian clothes, Texas, circa 1927. Six of the men, including Julius A. Barr (far right), are identified in the verso inscription.Inscription on verso: "Boller, Sterling L.; Todd, Edgar R.;…

Photograph of servicemen Julius A. Barr and Dever with a wrecked Consolidated PT-1 aircraft (fuselage number 433), Texas, May 23, 1927. The verso inscription notes that Julius A. Barr was piloting the aircraft when it crashed.Inscription on verso:…

Aerial photograph of Kelly Field, Texas, December 1927. Inscription on verso: "West end of hangars. Kelly Field Tex. Dec. 1927."Stamped on verso: "This is a Genuine Border Fox Tone Picture. Made by Fox Co., San Antonio, Texas. Copyrighted 1927 by…

Photographic postcard announcing the graduation of an Air Corps Advanced Flying School class, February 4th, 1928. The postcard features an aerial view of an unidentified air base, likely Kelly Field, Texas. Caption: "The Air Corps Advanced Flying…

Photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps serviceman Lilburn D. Fator standing next to a De Havilland D.H.4 aircraft, Kelly Field, Texas, circa 1927.Inscription on verso: "Lilburn D. Fator. Kelly Field [Cadet?]. 1927."Stamped on verso: "This is a Genuine…

Photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps serviceman Robert Hopkins, Kelly Field, Texas, December 1927.Inscription on verso: "Robert Hopkins. 'Hoppy,' 'Jumpkins.' Kelly Field, Texas. Dec. [25 or 28?], 1927."Stamped on verso: "This is a Genuine Border Fox…