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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
AIRCRAFTS
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Page 3
Many thanks to Kees Kort for
his clarifications and comments.
Lieut. Douglas Campbell
Bain News Service, publisher
between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
First German Plane of Lieut. Campbell
Photograph probably shows the first plane brought down by pilot Douglas Campbell on April 14, 1918.
(Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)
between ca. 1915 and ca. 1920
Bain News Service, publisher
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C
Kee Kort comment
A Fokker D.VII with the last version of the Balkenkreuz marking.
The identifications on the side give away all the details about this machine.
Fok D.VII (O.A.W.) gives that it is a Fokker D.VII built under licence by Ostdeutsche Albatros Werke (O.A.W.).
The Bestellnummer (Order number) 8414/18 shows that thesis one machine from
an order of 350 machines with Bestellnummer D 8300/18 - D 8649/18.
It could be that all 350 were directly after completion given according
to the Armistice rules
to the Entente parties.
Having never seen any action.
German and American mechanics bring out Fokker D-VII for trial flignt, Coblenz Germany
12-30-18
NARA111-SC-49473
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Kees Kort comment
Fine view of the Italian Caproni Ca.3 4186 which was sent as a pattern for licence building to France. The man sitting in the pilot seat has a French looking uniform.
This picture was taken with at least two other pictures from other angles on the same occasion.
Caproni night bomber in France
NARA111-SC-20312-ac
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Caproni night bomber in France - side view
NARA111-SC-20313-ac
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Bomb bay of night bomber
NARA111-SC-20315-ac
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Kees Kort comment
This is the prototype of the Caudron R.11
at the airfield Villacoublay.
When you look at this picture you will see that it is pretty doctored as the stand which holds the tail high is crossed rather crudely away.
To the right there are in the original print hangars visible, which are also 'taken out'.
For some reason someone was busy to get parts of the picture out.
Kees Kort comment
The Caudron R.11 was a three-seated heavy fighter with one MG in front and one MG in the middle of the fuselage.
It was the forerunner of the escort fighter.
Official French identification was Caudron R.11 A3 appearing in 1917.
Caudron R11, engines 2 Hispano 200 hp
NARA111-SC-20309-ac
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Murray-Carns JN-4 testing in Detroit MI
10-14-18
NARA111-SC-023012-ac
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Murray-Carns all-steel JN-4 airplane being tested - Acceptance Field, Detroit MI
10-14-18
NARA111-SC-023017-ac
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Murray-Carns all-steel JN-4 L-R Louis Germain and E. B. Carns, inventor
Oct.145, 1918
NARA111-SC-023005-ac
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Louis Germain [L] and E. B. Carns [R], inventor.
Murray-Carnes all steel airplane:
This aircraft was an all steel development of the Curtiss N-9 requested by secretary Daniels of the Navy Department in 1918 from the J.W. Murray Mfg. Co. of Detroit. MI.
Kees Kort comments
Beautiful picture of this rare end-WW1 biplane.
The description is somewhat dubious as in the bold text it is named an all-steel JN-4 (Curtiss) and in the description it gives that the machine was an all-steel development of the Curtiss N-9.
The actual machine has not IMO any resemblance to the JN-4 or N-9.
There is a long history of this machine in the AAHS Journal Vol.48 No.1 (Spring 2003), where the abbreviation AAHS stands for American Aviation Historical Society.
Patents of Edmund B. Carns can be found here
patents.google.com/patent/US1340154
patents.google.com/patent/US1343707?oq=Edmund+B.+Carns
About Joseph James Murray can be found that a very early 1912 rotary engine is on display in the National Air and Space Museum (Smithsonian). It was developed according to the description of the museum by the Murray-Willat Company.
airandspace.si.edu/collection-objects/murray-rotary-engine
J W Murray Mfg Co had been founded in 1913 by John William Murray and his son to make stamped sheet metal part for automobiles. Their premises were in Detroit.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Corporation_of_America
Apparently the J.W.Murray Mfg Co. was in car making in Detroit, so that they had expertise with metal work, sheet bending etc. They were probably sought out to build the Carns designed all-steel biplane.
Just visible on the side of the fuselage is the number '118'. This number is an Army Airplane Serial Number given in 1918. The text goes
Serial 118 may have been assigned.
A biplane bearing 118 was under construction by the J.W. Murray Co. in 1918, but no order has been identified
The picture proves at least that the number '118' was painted on.
