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A flock of French fliers ready for action on the battle line
Stereograph, "A Flock of French Fliers Ready for Action on the Battle Line. Nieuport Airplanes with Guns," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features French pilots and Nieuport biplanes at an airfield in France. Caption on verso describes the different types of military airplanes and the specifications of various Nieuport models. Typed caption: "18654 – A Flock of French Fliers Ready…
[Voisin 5 (Type LAS)]
Photograph of an unidentified French soldier in the cockpit of a Voisin 5 (Type LAS) biplane (tail number 2147) parked at an airfield, likely in France, circa 1917-1919. Part of the Wilbur D. Kennedy photograph album containing six hundred and five (605) black-and-white photographs, as well as a few pieces of ephemera, circa 1917-1919. The photos trace Kennedy's military career from his infantry…
Lieut. LeMaitre of French Aviation Forces in America explaining mechanism of Nieuport aeroplane
Stereograph, "Lieut. LeMaitre of French Aviation Forces in America, Explaining Mechanism of 'Nieuport' Aeroplane. Fortress Monroe, VA," Keystone View Company, circa 1914-1918. Image features Lieutenant LeMaitre explaining a mechanism on a Nieuport 17 to an American soldier at Fort Monroe, Virginia. Caption on verso describes how LeMaitre and other French aviators have traveled to the United States…
[Footage of French fighter ace Georges Guynemer and Pfalz aircraft, circa 1930s-1950s]
Film footage of French fighter ace Georges Guynemer and a Pfalz aircraft, circa 1930s-1950s. The first segment, titled "Guynemer, French 'Ace of Aces,'" was produced by Great Oak Studios in 1955 and edited by G. B. Jarrett. It features vintage World War I-era footage of Guynemer during a military ceremony and piloting aircraft, intercut with still-shots of photographs and documents related to his…
[Servicemen with Nieuport 17 aircraft]
Photograph of servicemen with a Nieuport 17 aircraft, Toul, France, circa 1914-1919.Caption: "Toul - French 'chasse' plane ready for flight."
[Caudron Type G.4 aircraft]
Photograph of a French Caudron Type G.4 aircraft, circa 1914-1918. A condor is painted on the aircraft's nose.Inscription: "French Caudron plane."
[Nieuport 17 aircraft with mounted machine gun]
Photograph of a Nieuport 17 aircraft with a mounted machine gun, circa 1914-1918Caption: "Machine gun on Nieuport 'chasse' plane."
[Salmson 2 A2 aircraft in flight]
Photograph of a French Salmson 2 A2 aircraft in flight, circa 1917-1919.
[SPAD S.XVI aircraft in flight above trenches]
Photograph of a French SPAD S.XVI aircraft in flight above trenches in the Compiègne area of France, circa 1917-1919.Inscription: "Biplace [Biplane] SPAD flying over Compiegn [Compiègne] sector."
[Servicemen with Caudron Type G.4 aircraft]
Photograph of servicemen with a French Caudron Type G.4 aircraft, circa 1917-1918. One of the aircraft's propellers is missing.Inscription on verso: "Coedron [Caudron] Bi-motored."