[Julius A. Barr and Dever sitting on wrecked Consolidated PT-1 aircraft]

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[Julius A. Barr and Dever sitting on wrecked Consolidated PT-1 aircraft]

Description

Photograph of servicemen Julius A. Barr and Dever sitting on a wrecked Consolidated PT-1 aircraft (fuselage number 433), Texas, May 23, 1927. The inscriptions on the album page note that Julius A. Barr was piloting the aircraft when it crashed.

Inscription on album page: "My first crack up. Forced landing in Mesquite 2 mi. S.E. Brooks. May 23, 1927."

Inscription on verso: "Julius A. Barr. May 31, 1927. 10:05 am. (Dever + myself)."

Part of a photograph album related to Julius A. Barr's flight training with the U.S. Army Air Corps at Brooks Field and Kelly Field, Texas, circa 1926-1927.

Date

1927-05-23

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Bibliographic Citation

The Julius A. Barr Photograph Albums and Films/The Museum of Flight

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2019-10-24_image_113_01