Identifier1989-12-12_image_056Parts1989-12-12_image_056_01SourceThe Herman J. Sommerhauser World War I Photograph Album (1989-12-12), Folder 1DescriptionPhotograph of a serviceman working on a captured Hannover CL.IIIa aircraft, France, circa 1918-1919. This captured German aircraft was shot down by Eddie Rickenbacker and Reed Chambers on October 2, 1918 and was repainted to commemorate its status as a trophy plane. Text painted on the fuselage reads: "Trophy of 1st Pursuit Group. Shot down by Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker & Lt. Reed Chambers, 94th Aero Squadron, Oct. 2nd, 1918."
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[Serviceman working on captured Hannover CL.IIIa aircraft], [1989-12-12_image_056]. Museum of Flight Digital Collections, accessed 04/12/2025, https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/nodes/view/1446
