[Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5]

Photograph of a Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5 aircraft (tail number E8097, fuselage number 18) of the 95th Aero Squadron, U.S. Army Air Service, possibly in San Antonio, Texas, circa 1920. The squadron's "kicking mule" emblem is painted on the fuselage, and the text "Ma Gosse" is painted near the cockpit.

Inscription in margin: "95th A.S."

Inscription on verso: "Jon's sqdn at San Antonio. 1920. The only Pursuit Group left then. S.E.5's with [illegible]."

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