[The Duke of Skoning in Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]

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[The Duke of Skoning in Curtiss JN-4 Jenny]

Description

Photograph of a pilot, identified in the inscription as "The Duke of Skoning," seated in the cockpit of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, Brooks Field, Texas, November 29, 1918.

Inscription on album page: "Scenes from the Battle of Brooks Field, Nov. 29, 1918. The Duke of Skoning. Famous Danish American. He who brot [brought] down six planes and was in all of them."

Part of a photograph album from the J. V. and Harley Hyde Collection, 1918-1919. Album contains 38 black-and-white photographs documenting the military service of the Hyde brothers.

Date

1918-11-29

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Bibliographic Citation

The J. V. and Harley Hyde Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

1985-08-15-A_image_027_01

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