[Wilbur D. Kennedy with Dorand Type A.R.2 A2]

Photograph of Wilbur D. Kennedy in a United States Army uniform and flight gear, standing in front of a Dorand Type A.R.2 A2 biplane at an airfield in France, May 1918. The plane is painted in camouflage.

Inscription on album page: "May 1918. Just before moving to the front."

Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace Kennedy's military career from his infantry training in the United States to his service in France during World War I and post-war service in Germany.

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