Italian aviator, Francesco de Pinedo, sitting in the cockpit of his Bellanca aircraft, the Santa Lucia, on the ramp at Floyd Bennett Airfield, Brooklyn New York. The cockpit contains pillows and other items to help him endure a planned solo long-distance flight to Bagdad, Iraq.
Baroness de la Rouche,world's first woman flier, climbing down from an airplane. Attendants meet her and place a coat around her shoulders.
Views of the destroyed Chateau de Pinon, in France during World War 1. Several large field hospital tents are set up in the courtyard. Both German and French soldiers are seen carrying wounded. (The French soldiers are likely prisoners of war.) (WWI; WW1)
USS Valley Forge (CVS-45) during Operation Springboard in the Caribbean. USS Heyliger (DE-510) approaches alongside for refueling from Valley Forge. Fuel hose lines in place from Valley Forge. The crew from Heyliger pulls a hose from Valley Forge. The refueling in operation.
Premier Gyula Gömbös of Hungary in Germany on 28th September, 1935. Hungarian Prime Minister, Gyula Gömbös de Jakfa reviews a military honor guard, escorted by a German officer. The Prime Minister mingles with Hermann Goering and other German officials and dignitaries at an intimate reception in Berlin. He gives a short impromptu speech in German.
Ground targets attacked by U.S. aircraft on 11th April 1944 in World War II. Aircraft of 8th Fighter Command is piloted by Lieutenant D.E. Schoenfeldt of 357th Squadron. Aircraft strafes a German Junkers Ju 88 bomber stationary on airfield.
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