Photograph of a person parachuting from a De Havilland D.H.4 aircraft near Langley Field, Virginia, August 7, 1920.Inscription: "Parachute Jump. Langley Field, Va. 8-7-20."
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps servicemen Cleveland and Sanborn wearing flight gear and holding their parachute bundles, October 27, 1927.Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army Air Corps at Brooks…
Photograph of U.S. Army Air Corps servicemen Cleveland and Sanborn wearing flight gear and holding their parachute bundles, October 27, 1927.Inscription on verso: "Cleveland, Sanborn. 2 ATs crash. Oct. 27, 1927." Stamped on verso: "Finished by H. G.…
Photograph of two servicemen parachuting to the ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells, circa 1918. Included caption: "French Observation balloon which has been hit by German shells, coming down in flames; balloonists are…
Photograph of two servicemen parachuting to the ground after their observation balloon was hit by German shells, circa 1918.
Inscription on verso: "Hat, musette bag, A.S. Insignia, Soap, toothpaste, comb, boots + shoe brush + polish, pen + paper,…
Photograph of servicemen running toward descending parachutes, circa 1910s-1920s.Part of a photograph album related to John Sylvester Wheelwright's service with the Royal Naval Air Service, circa 1907-1943.
Special Orders No. 7 (extract), Headquarter Air Service, Army Group, American Expeditionary Forces, November 4, 1918. Orders Wilbur D. Kennedy to Paris to participate in board of officers conducting parachute experiments. One typed page, two copies.
Photograph of supplies being airdropped to troops, China-Burma-India Theater, circa 1940s.
Typed on verso: "Aerial supply to fighting units in isolated regions of Burma and China was an important task of the Troop Carrier planes. Food, ammunition and…