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Photograph of Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, a Royal Air Force flight commander, standing in front of a Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) aircraft at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Atcherly is dressed in formal wear, including a top…

Photograph of a Curtiss Fledgling (Model 51) aircraft, piloted by Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley, flying low over the field at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Hopping, skipping and jumping around the…

Photograph of Richard Llewellyn Roger Atcherley (left, in top hat), Alford J. Williams, and Casey Jones at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. Caption on adjacent album page: "Professor R. L. R. Atcherley, 'dean of the funsters', after one…

Photograph of men working on Alford J. Williams's Curtiss P-6 Hawk aircraft (tail number NR 982V) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. A uniformed officer on a horse is visible in the background.Caption on adjacent album page: "Al…

Photograph of Dorothy Hester and Boleslaw Orlinski at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Captain Boleslaw Orlinski paused long enough from one of his most fascinating conversations to pose for this…

Photograph of (from left to right) Boleslaw Orlinski, Dorothy Hester, and Ernst Udet posing with Hester's Great Lakes (1929) Model 2T-1A aircraft (tail number NC 315Y) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page:…

Photograph of Boleslaw Orlinski at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Capt. Boleslaw Orlinski's flying wasn't the only thing that won the hearts of the fair young ladies. Oh, no! Just look at that smile.…

Photograph of Ernst Udet standing with his Udet U 12 Flamingo aircraft (tail number D822) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931. The text "Scintilla Magnetos" is painted on the fuselage.Caption on adjacent album page: "Major Ernst Udet and…

Photograph of Dorothy Hester and Ernst Udet with Udet's U 12 Flamingo aircraft (tail number D822) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "Dorothy and the major were real busy, but he said he would pose, if…

Photograph of Dorothy Hester and Ernst Udet inspecting the cockpit of Udet's U 12 Flamingo aircraft (tail number D822) at the National Air Races, Cleveland, Ohio, 1931.Caption on adjacent album page: "[continued from previous caption] because he had…