In this eight-part oral history, fighter ace Frederick Libby is interviewed about his life and his military service with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. In part six, he discusses his pilot training in England and his time with No. 43…
In this eight-part oral history, fighter ace Frederick Libby is interviewed about his life and his military service with the Royal Flying Corps during World War I. In part five, he discusses his time as an observer in France and his pilot training in…
Photograph of Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter biplanes (visible fuselage numbers 89, 152, 156, 151, 149, 52, 46, 55, 26, 127, and 82) parked at an unidentified airfield in France, circa 1917-1919. Photo from album page 3.Part of the Frederick Staples…
Photographic group portrait of United States Army soldiers at an unidentified airfield in France, circa 1917-1919. Frederick Staples is identified by a blue arrow. Several hangars and Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter biplanes are visible in the background. One…
Photograph of two servicemen standing next to a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter aircraft, circa 1917-1919.Inscription on album page: "Goodie and Tommie."Part of a scrapbook related to Edward I. Sproull's military career during and after World War I, circa…
Photograph of a serviceman, possibly Edward I. Sproull, in the cockpit of a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter aircraft, Avord, France, circa 1917-1919.Inscription on album page: "Just me in a Sop. Avord."Part of a scrapbook related to Edward I. Sproull's…
Photograph of a servicemen in the cockpit of a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter aircraft, circa 1917-1919.Inscription on album page: "Trying out a SOP."Part of a scrapbook related to Edward I. Sproull's military career during and after World War I, circa…
Photograph of a serviceman in the cockpit of a Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter aircraft, circa 1917-1919.Inscription on album page: "Newt in his SOP."Part of a scrapbook related to Edward I. Sproull's military career during and after World War I, circa…
Photograph of Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter aircraft parked at an airfield, Avord, France, circa 1917-1919.Inscription on album page: "A flock of Sops. Avord."Part of a scrapbook related to Edward I. Sproull's military career during and after World War I,…
Photograph of wreckage from an American Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter aircraft and an unidentified German aircraft, circa 1918-1919. Loose photograph in album.Part of the Irwin Bryan Meyers Photograph Album, an album containing 129 photographs related to…