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Film footage of World War I-era and Golden Age-era aviation, circa 1930s-1950s. This footage is comprised of nine segments, eight of which focus on aircraft and pilots from World War I. The remaining segment is about the transatlantic flight attempts…

Photograph of a wrecked Sopwith Camel aircraft (tail number B5345), circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "This is the machine I crashed."

Hand-colored photograph of an unidentified Royal Air Force pilot in the cockpit of a Sopwith Camel aircraft, circa 1918.Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War I, circa…

Photograph of servicemen looking at a wrecked Sopwith Camel aircraft, Cerny, France, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "Serny [Cerny], France - Landing after dark - upside down in a ploughed field. L. C. [Gilmour]."Part of a photograph album related…

Photograph of a Sopwith Camel aircraft, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "'Camel.' Type of machine I fly."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War I, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of mechanics with a Sopwith Camel aircraft, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "'C' Flight mechanics."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War I, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of Sopwith Camel aircraft parked at an airfield, circa 1918. Photograph was printed backwards (note backwards letters on fuselages). Inscription on verso: "'B' Flight machines in front of hangars." Part of a photograph album related to…

Photograph of Sopwith Camel aircraft parked at an airfield, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "'A' Flight machines."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War I, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of a Sopwith Camel aircraft, circa 1918. Inscription on verso: "Back view of Camel."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during World War I, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of Lieutenant Bayly, Royal Air Force, standing in front of a Sopwith Camel aircraft, circa 1918.Inscription on verso: "Lieut. Bayly."Part of a photograph album related to Lionel Cherry Gilmour's service with the Royal Air Force during…