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[Eddie Rickenbacker with his SPAD XIII (S.13) aircraft]
Photograph of fighter ace Eddie Rickenbacker with his SPAD XIII (S.13) aircraft, circa 1917-1919. The hat-in-the-ring emblem of the 94th Aero Squadron is visible on the fuselage.Inscription: "29655."Stamped on verso: "No objection to reproducing or…

[Frank Luke standing next to wreckage of German aircraft]
Photograph of American fighter ace Frank Luke standing next to the wreckage of a German aircraft, Verdun, France, September 18, 1918. Stamped in corner: "U.S. Signal Corps."Inscription: "24393."Inscription on back of frame: "Frank Luke, 21 victories…

[Frank Luke standing next to wreckage of German aircraft]
Photograph of American fighter ace Frank Luke standing next to the wreckage of a German aircraft, Verdun, France, September 18, 1918. Stamped in corner: "U.S. Signal Corps."Inscription: "24397."Inscription on verso: "View of Lt. Frank Luke, Jr.,…

[Captain Harry Gwynne's Nieuport 24bis aircraft, known as "The Flying Fish"]
Photograph of Captain Harry Gwynne's Nieuport 24bis aircraft, known as "The Flying Fish," circa 1918. The aircraft is painted with scales, fins, and eyes to resemble a fish.Inscription on verso: "Nieuport. Signal Corps negative #12471."Stamped on…

[Memo from Cushman Hartwell, Commanding Officer of Signal Corps Aviation School, Love Field (Texas), to Floyd W. Shepard, May 16, 1918]
Memo from Cushman Hartwell, Commanding Officer of Signal Corps Aviation School, Love Field (Texas), to Floyd W. Shepard, May 16, 1918. Notifies Shepard of his appointment as a second lieutenant in the Signal Officers' Reserve Corps, Aviation Section.…

[Special Order No. 131 (extract), Headquarters Love Field (Texas), May 16, 1918]
Special Order No. 131 (extract), Headquarters Love Field (Texas), May 16, 1918. Appoints the seven men from Special Order No. 150, including Floyd W. Shepard, as second lieutenants in the Aviation Section. Three typed pages.

[Special Order No. 137 (extract), Headquarters Love Field (Texas), May 22, 1918]
Special Order No. 137 (extract), Headquarters Love Field (Texas), May 22, 1918. Relieves twelve men, including Floyd W. Shepard, from duty at Love Field, Texas and orders them to Camp Dick, Dallas, Texas. One typed page.

[Special Order No. 150 (extract), Headquarters Love Field (Texas), May 15, 1918]
Special Order No. 150 (extract), Headquarters Love Field (Texas), May 15, 1918. Discharges seven men, including Floyd W. Shepard, from the Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps, Flying Cadets to accept commissions in the Signal Reserve Corps, Aviation…

[Special Order No. 176 (extract), Headquarters Love Field (Texas), July 1, 1918]
Special Order No. 176 (extract), Headquarters Signal Corps Aviation School, Wilbur Wright Field (Ohio), July 1, 1918. Relieves a number of men, including Floyd W. Shepard, from duty at Wilbur Wright Field, Ohio and orders them to Langley Field,…

[Special Order No. 54, Headquarters, Signal Corps Concentration Depot, December 1, 1917]
Special Order No. 54, Headquarters, Signal Corps Concentration Depot (Garden City, New York), December 1, 1917. Assigns officers to squadrons, with Wilbur D. Kennedy assigned to 12th Squadron. One typed page, three copies.
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