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Stereograph, "Lieut. LeMaitre of French Aviation Forces in America, Explaining Mechanism of 'Nieuport' Aeroplane. Fortress Monroe, VA," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features Lieutenant LeMaitre explaining a mechanism on a Nieuport 17…

Photograph of servicemen with a French Caudron Type G.4 aircraft, circa 1917-1918. One of the aircraft's propellers is missing.Inscription on verso: "Coedron [Caudron] Bi-motored."

Photograph of a French Salmson 2 A2 aircraft in flight, circa 1917-1919.

Photograph of French servicemen posing with a crashed Morane-Saulnier Type N (Mo.S.5) aircraft, circa 1918.

Photograph of a French SPAD S.XVI aircraft in flight above trenches in the Compiègne area of France, circa 1917-1919.Inscription: "Biplace [Biplane] SPAD flying over Compiegn [Compiègne] sector."

Photograph of four servicemen (three French and one American) standing next to an Albatros D.III aircraft, circa 1918.

Photograph of two French flight instructors, circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "Two French aviators who are instructors at [illegible]."

Photograph of French and American servicemen watching an exhibition flight, France, circa 1917-1918. Two men on the right inspect a machine gun, possibly a St. Etienne Mle 1907 model.Inscription on verso: "French and American officers watching an…

Photograph of servicemen with a Nieuport 17 aircraft (tail number N 2668, fuselage number 4), circa 1917-1919. The black cat emblem of Escadrille 87 (Les Chats Noirs) is painted on the fuselage.Caption: "Nieuport 'chasse' plane."

Photograph of Captain Georges Guynemer, French Air Service, seated in his SPAD VII (S.7) aircraft, circa 1914-1917. The aircraft's designation ("Vieux Charles") is painted on the fuselage.Caption: "Capt. Guynemer in Old Charles."