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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…
[Servicemen posing with crashed Martin PBM-5 Mariner]
Photograph of servicemen posing with a crashed Martin PBM-5 Mariner flying boat, Yokosuka, Japan, circa 1945-1952. Handwritten captions identify the men by first name or nickname.Inscription on verso: "Jig-6 on the ramp. Yokasuka [Yokosuka]."
[Scenes in and around Guling, China, circa 1930s]
Film footage of scenes in and around Guling, China, circa 1930s. The footage is comprised of short clips filmed during pilot Julius A. Barr's time in China. Scenes include a sign reading "No washing on the road permitted," panning shots of buildings and surrounding hills, and people with Barr's Boeing 247D aircraft. An unidentified man wearing glasses appears in several scenes The footage is in…
[Scenes in China, circa 1930s]
Film footage of scenes in China, circa 1930s. The footage is comprised of short clips filmed during pilot Julius A. Barr's time in China. Specific locations in the footage are unidentified. Scenes include city streets, cargo being unloaded from Barr's Boeing 247D aircraft, people using a pedal-powered water pump, children playing outside, and people congregating outside a gate. The footage is in…
[Carl Spaatz and Walter Edwin Lee with Stout AS-1 Air Sedan aircraft]
Photograph of Carl Spaatz (left) and Walter Edwin Lee (right) with a Stout AS-1 Air Sedan aircraft, circa 1923. Lees is dressed in cold-weather flight gear.Part of a photograph album related to the career of Walter E. Lees and other early aviators, circa 1923-1924.
[Servicemen with aerial cameras]
Photographic group portrait of U.S. Army servicemen with aerial cameras, likely students at the U.S.A. School of Aerial Photography in Rochester, New York, circa 1916-1918. Camera models include two French De Ram semi-automatic cameras (center front), a French Grand Champ 26cm handheld camera (second from right), a French De Maria Lapierre 26cm handheld camera (third from right), a German 26cm…
[Base facilities and activities at Randolph Field]
Composite photograph of 16 images taken at Randolph Field, Texas, showing base facilities and activities, circa 1940s. Captions: "1. Administration building. 2. Cadet area - Randolph Field. 3. Night flight - Basic trainer. 4. Inspection of troops - Randolph Field. 5. Basic trainer in roll. 6. Cadets in Review. 7. Cadet swimming pool. 8. Cadets on basic stage. 9. Flying instructions. 10. Basic…
[McDonnell F-4  Phantom II taking off from USS Kitty Hawk]
Photograph of a McDonnell F-4 Phantom II aircraft taking off from the deck of the USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), circa 1969-1972. Several other aircraft are parked on the deck. Models include the Vought A-7 Corsair II, Grumman A-6 Intruder, and McDonnell F-4 Phantom II.
[Serviceman inspecting Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress]
Photograph of a United States Army Air Corps serviceman performing a preflight inspection of a Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft (nose number 33) of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, Tucson, Arizona, March 20, 1941.Inscription: "(G15-231D-38R)(3-20-41-2P). Pre-flight inspection, 38th Rcn. Sqdn, Tucson, Ariz."Item from the Lee Embree photograph album, circa 1920s-1970s. Album contains one…
[Lee Embree with Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress]
Photograph of Lee Embree in flight gear standing in front of a Boeing Y1B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft (nose number 33) of the 38th Reconnaissance Squadron, Tucson, Arizona, March 20, 1941. Item from the Lee Embree photograph album, circa 1920s-1970s. Album contains one hundred forty (140) photographs and one (1) clipping and primarily focuses on Embree's military service before, during, and after…