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 eight, he discusses his final weeks with the Royal Flying Corps and his…
Schedule for flying cadet Clyde Pangborn while training at the School of Military Aeronautics in Berkeley, California, circa 1918. Includes handwritten notes about Pangborn's schedule and information about the Post Exchange.
Item included in Clyde…
Photograph of an unidentified biplane (fuselage number 61) in flight near a pylon at the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race in St. Louis, Missouri, October 1923.Inscription: "B-11181 A.S."Inscription on verso: "1923 St. Louis Air Races. #61 aircraft similar to…
Photograph of six men, including General Mason M. Patrick (third from left), standing near an Engineering Division NBL-1 Barling Bomber at the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race in St. Louis, Missouri, October 1923.Inscription: "11128 A.S."Inscription on verso:…
Photograph of General Mason M. Patrick (rear seat) and another man seated in an unidentified aircraft at the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race in St. Louis, Missouri, October 1923. The text on the fuselage reads: "Gen. M. M. Patrick – Chief of Air…
Photograph of Major H. M. Hickman in the cockpit of an unidentified biplane, circa 1920s.Inscription: "11125 A.S."Inscription on verso: "Major H. M. Hickman. Possibly DeHavilland DH.4 [incorrect identification]."Stamped on verso: "Official…
Photograph of the Army Air Service's TC-3 airship in flight over a group of parked aircraft, likely at the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race in St. Louis, Missouri, October 1923. The aircraft are, from right to left: a Douglas DT-5 (fuselage number 3), a Fokker…
Photograph of a Fokker A-2 (F.IV) aircraft (fuselage number 43) in flight at the 1923 Pulitzer Air Race in St. Louis, Missouri, October 1923.Inscription: "11187 A.S."Inscription on verso: "Fokker A-2/T-2. 1923 St. Louis."Stamped on verso: "Official…