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. 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 1. American military personnel on street in a town near Toul, France. A French farmer on a tractor pulls an agricultural tool over a grass pasture. A DH-4 Aircraft takes off from a grass flying field. Large group of American fliers pose in front of a line of Spad pursuit airplanes. Some of them hold walking sticks. One holds a pet dog. Several pilots walk to the camera, salute, and walk away. Pilots don their flight gear. Insignia of Indian with full head dress, on fuselage of airplane identifies it as belonging to the American 103rd Aero Pursuit Squadron. A line of 103rd Squadron Spad aircraft start engines, and taxi.
Oise salvage in France during World War II. Medics carry a Russian guard who was injured during a grenade explosion in Reims, France. Bandages cover the eyes and upper portion of the man’s head. The medics place the patient onto a truck, and it drives away. Scattered debris on the ground.
United States ships en route to France during World War 1. A convoy of United States ships underway at sea. A barrage balloon aloft. Stokers climb on deck blackened from bunkers fuel. Transport ships enter harbor at Brest France, escorted by United States Navy destroyers Burrows, Little, Jarvis, Bell, Winslow and Wainwright Sailors aboard the ships. Several sick and injured sailors being transferred to a boat from a destroyer in the background. A landing craft approaches a destroyer. Tug boat pulls an American transport vessel.
United States Ships in France during World War I. United states Navy destroyers Burrows (Number 29), Little, Jarvis, Bell, Winslow and Wainwright in the harbor at Brest, France. Transport ships and assorted other craft in the harbor.
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