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"And the trench was a reeking shambles" [Stereograph]
Stereograph, "'And the trench was a reeking shambles.' German dead in the La Bassee area," Image number V18858, Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1919. Image of dead servicemen in trenches. Caption on reverse describes the battle at La Bassée…

"Dummy center section" (Four struts with short spars)
Photograph from "Notes on the Caproni 600 night-bombing biplane," a technical report by S. E. Hutton, circa 1919.Caption in report: "Fig. 43 'Dummy center section' (Four struts with short spars)."

"Enemy Airmen Successfully Bombed One of Supply Trains," Official Report [Stereograph]
Stereograph, "'Enemy Airmen Successfully Bombed One of Supply Trains,' Official Report," Set Number 30, Image Number V18927, Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1921. Image of dead horses and ruined carts on a country road. Caption on reverse describes…

"G" sense / issued by Aviation Training Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy.
"NAVAER 00-80Q-12.""OPNAV 33-3." "December 1943."

"Light Car Talk" and "The Hot Spot on the Piston" [Magazine clippings]
Two magazine clippings, "Light Car Talk" and "The Hot Spot on the Piston," from The Autocar, July 14, 1917. Part of a series of loose materials included inside the J. M. Wilson notebook.

"Luckey" is my name!
Advertisement card for William S. Luckey's exhibition flight at the Isle of Palms, South Carolina, circa 1913-1915.

"Luckiest guy alive" [Clipping, 1940]
Newspaper clipping, "'Luckiest guy alive' - Thrilling accounts of battles in the air" by Charles A. Wagner, from an unidentified publication, March 31, 1940. Reviews Harold E. Hartney's book "Up and At 'Em." Includes photographs of Baron von…

"Maiden Swoon" Sayers
Photograph of a U.S. Army Air Forces serviceman, identified in the inscription as "Maiden Swoon" Sayers, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "'Maiden Swoon' Sayers."

"Never was so much owed by so many to so few"
Poster of Royal Air Force servicemen in flight gear, undated reproduction by Vintage Arte, based on an original design from the 1940s. Numbered 101 of 2500. Text: "'Never was so much owed by so many to so few.' The Prime Minister."

"Parade Rest" - Naval Training Station [Stereograph]
Stereograph, "'Parade Rest' - Naval Training Station," Set Number 26, Image Number 19074, Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1921. Image of Navy men in formation, in uniform and with rifles. Caption on reverse describes the opening of new Navy…
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