[Members of sixth 1917 Junior Military Aviator Class, Signal Corps Air Service]

Photographic group portrait of members of the sixth 1917 Junior Military Aviator Class, Signal Corps Air Service, standing in front of a Curtiss JN-4 Jenny aircraft, San Diego, California, circa 1917. Frank Wilbur Wright is on the far left.

Caption: "Sixth 1917 J.M.A [Junior Military Aviator] Class, S.C.A.S. (Signal Corps Air Service), San Diego, Cal."

Caption on verso: "[illegible] from left to right: Capt. Frank W. Wright, Oregon, N. G. (National Guard), Lieut. George C. Furrow, Tennesse N. G., Lieut. Ernest Shields, Indiana N. G., Major Thomas Turner, Marine Corps., Capt. Dean Smith (Instructor), Officer Reserve Corps, Capt. Robin H. Fleet, Washington N. G., Capt. Almon Stroupe, Arkansas N. G., Lt. Arthur Scheleen, Kansas, N. G. / Hangar #7, Stall C, Machine 159, the 6th J. M. A. Class of 1917, [illegible]."

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