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Cover letter and Special Orders No. 183, Office of the Aviation Officer, Headquarters American Expeditionary Forces, December 10, 1917. Orders several men to begin frequent and regular flying missions. 1st Lieutenant Hamilton Coolidge is ordered to…

Photograph of a wrecked aircraft, possibly a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of Hamilton Coolidge in uniform, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of a crowd gathered around a crashed aircraft (tail number 404) near Keller, Texas, circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "Wreck of 404 near Keller, Texas. WWI."

Photograph of people looking at a crashed Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of people looking at a crashed Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of servicemen and civilians sitting outdoors, circa 1917-1918.

Aerial photograph of several Dorand Type A.R.1 D2 aircraft parked at an airfield, circa 1917-1918.Inscription on verso: "Liberty line field No. 1."

Photograph of a wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft (fuselage number C566) at an unidentified airfield, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of servicemen with a wrecked Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, circa 1917-1918.