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In this two-part oral history, fighter ace Frank L. Gailer, Jr. discusses his military service with the United States Army Air Forces and United States Air Force. In part two, he continues to describe his experiences as a fighter pilot with the 353rd…

Photograph of Frank Luke (foreground) and other servicemen posing with a machine gun, circa 1917-1918.

Photograph of American fighter ace Frank Luke standing next to the wreckage of a German aircraft, Verdun, France, September 18, 1918. Stamped in corner: "U.S. Signal Corps."Inscription: "24393."Inscription on back of frame: "Frank Luke, 21 victories…

Photograph of American fighter ace Frank Luke standing next to the wreckage of a German aircraft, Verdun, France, September 18, 1918. Stamped in corner: "U.S. Signal Corps."Inscription: "24397."Inscription on verso: "View of Lt. Frank Luke, Jr.,…

Photograph of Frank Luke with a downed aircraft, circa 1918.

Composite photograph of Frank M. Hawks and "Texaco 13," his Travel Air Model R aircraft (tail number NR1313), circa 1920s-1930s. Image includes the text "Happy landings!" and Hawks’s signature.

Photograph of Frank S. Tavenner Jr. (center, at podium) addressing the court during the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, War Ministry Building, Tokyo, Japan, September 19, 1946. Caption on verso: "WPA-46-67706. 19 Sept. 46. 'New…

Photograph of Frank Sinatra and William P. Lear with a Learjet 24A aircraft (N175FS), June 17, 1965. Pilot Don Lieto is visible in the cockpit window.Typed caption on verso: "Delivery of Lear Jet No. 31 to Don Lieto, of Frank Sinatra Enterprises, by…

Photograph of fighter ace Frank W. Klibbe of the 56th Fighter Group, United States Army Air Forces, circa 1940s.Inscription on verso: "Frank Klibbe."

Photographic portrait of Frank Wilbur Wright and an unidentified woman, circa 1910s-1920s.