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Draft registration certificate issued to Sidney Van Wyck Peters, 1917.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.
Pass issued to Sidney Van Wyck Peters by the Signal Corps Aviation School (San Diego, California), February 11, 1918.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.
Former Seattle Packard salesman now gunnery instructor in aviation in Texas [Clipping, June 9, 1918]
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Newspaper clipping, "Former Seattle Packard salesman now gunnery instructor in aviation in Texas," from the Seattle Sunday Times, June 9, 1918. Includes printed photographs of Sidney Sid Van Wyck Peters. Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.
General Orders No. 17, Headquarters Air Service, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces, October 19, 1918. Credits First Lieutenant Louis A. Woitishek and Second Lieutenant Sidney Van Wyck Peters with downing a German Fokker aircraft. One typed page.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.
Operations Report No. 64 (extract), Headquarters Air Service, First Army, American Expeditionary Forces, November 1918. Describes activity of the day, with Sidney Van Wyck Peters listed as a pilot during observation operations. One typed page.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.
Photograph of serviceman Sidney Van Wyck Peters standing by a tent, circa 1917-1919.
Inscription: "Peters. Tent 31."
Inscription on album page: "Tent No. 31 - No. Island. All flying in France."
Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.
Memorandum, Headquarters 24th Aero Squadron, First Army Observation, American Expeditionary Forces, November 8, 1918. Grants Second Lieutenant Sidney Van Wyck Peters leave to visit Versailles (Paris, France). One typed page.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919.
Report, "Individual report of instruction," Air Service Report Training Section, August 30, 1918. Lists flight training details for Second Lieutenant Sidney Van Wyck Peters at the Third Aviation Instruction Center (Issoudun, France). Signed by Lieutenant Colonel Hiram Bingham. One typed page.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron…
General Orders No. 30, Office of First Army Air Service Commander, American Expeditionary Forces, November 26, 1918. Cites Second Lieutenant Sidney Van Wyck Peters and First Lieutenant Walter R. Lokey for exceptional devotion to duty during long-distance photographic missions over enemy territory.Part of a scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero…
Scrapbook containing items related to Sidney Van Wyck Peters' service with the 24th Aero Squadron during World War I, circa 1917-1919. The scrapbook contains three hundred eighty-four (384) photographs, predominantly wartime images along with a few family snapshots. A significant number of the wartime photos feature portraits and group shots, including officers, squadron groups and aircraft in…