Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. Men of American Expeditionary Forces load bombs under the wing of an aircraft at a bombing school in Clermont, France. A trolley carries bombs near the plane. A man turns a small propeller and attaches it to the shell of a bomb. A man works on the parts of an aircraft as he checks the bomb release mechanism. Men with bomb shells work on them. Aircraft in flight as a man looks through a pair of binoculars. Other men plot a diagram on a sheet with the help of a ruler. A man works at a desk with a sheet spread in front of him. Two men check an aerial camera. An aircraft drops a bomb and explosion occurs. A pillar of smoke rises up.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. A bay with hangars in the background. A seaplane ready to take off as its propellers rotate. Views of the buildings. A large twin engine biplane with engines running preparing for takeoff. A man takes pictures from rear cockpit of the airplane with an aerial camera as the aircraft is in flight.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. Various buildings at a base in France. French gunner test fires an aircraft machine gun from a test stand. Men load food supplies onto a truck. Various buildings and aerial views of the military base. The aerial photograph aircraft returning and landing on a field.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War 1. Salmson 2A2 aircraft are parked in a field with men seated on the ground in the shade of their wings. A pilot, standing next to a Salmson 2A2, puts on his flight gear while smoking a cigarette. He climbs aboard the airplane which has the red and blue buffalo insignia of the 99th Aero Squadron painted on its fuselage. The photographer- gunner in rear cockpit loads canisters of ammunition on his Darne-built Lewis twin machine guns and checks the movement of the gun's scarff ring mounting. He receives an aerial camera from a ground crewman. Two airmen work on a Vickers machine gun installed beside the nose of the aircraft (synchronized to fire through the propeller). Scene shifts to an aircraft taking off. Camera shifts back to the aircraft getting ready, where a ground crewman pulls the propeller through to clear any hydraulic lock and the pilot starts the engine. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. United States 99th Squadron pilot prepares to take off as he puts on his flight gear. His aircraft bears a buffalo insignia on its fuselage. Aircraft takes off from a field in France. Two pilots in their flight gear as they stand near an aircraft. Men push a plane along the field before it takes off.
Aviation activities of American Expeditionary Forces in France during World War I. Numerous United States airmen lined up in a field with many DH-4 aircraft in the background. Planes lined up with hangar in the background. A DH-4 aircraft taxis along and takes off. Other DH-4s take off, individually, behind it.