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WW1 - 1914-1918
" Looks of War photographers "
" Regards de photographes de Guerre"
9000 photos
438 pages
US ARMY SIGNAL CORPS
Street scene outside of Arcade Building Washington DC 11-16-18
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Air Division in Arcade Building looking East Apr. 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Air Division, Signal Corps. Arcade Building, 14th & Park Rd, Washington DC
[looking west from balcony] Apr. 12, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
The US Congress appropriated $3M in 1916
to establish
an Aviation Experiment Station and Proving Ground on the East Coast.
General Squier,
Chief Signal Officer,
for the Army was in charge of the Aviation Section of the Army and he established a commission to find the best site.
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In 1917 they selected
a swampy site near
Hampton, VA
which became Langley Field.
MG George O. Squier, Chief Signal Officer, USA Apr. 02, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
MG Squier on the secure line 4-2-1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Boy looking at Signal Corps pigeons before the race from Washington to New York City
on May 19, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
On 10 March 1918 Governor Whitman’s wife set forth three carrier pigeons
to First Lady Edith Wilson back in Washington in a publicity move
for a Women’s Overseas Hospitals U.S.A fundraiser.
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Source of Photograph: National Archives Record Group 111.
Sainte Pôle
Carrier pigeon with despatch being attached to leg, Sainte Pole, France May 13, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Dog trained to carry pigeons to listening posts, trenches, etc. undated
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Maj. Sebring C. Megill
is the officer on the far left.
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The Signal Unit was
the 303d Signal Battalion
of the 78th Division
Roëllecourt
Signal Officers of 78th Div. [L - R]
Maj. James Kelly, Maj. Sebring C. Megill, and Cpt. Frank S. Conley, Roëllecourt, France July 28, 1918 NARA111-SC-17857-ac
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Chatel-Chéhéry
Lt. Col. Sebring C. Megill, Chief Signal Officer of the 78th Div.,
Chatel-Chéhéry, Ardennes ,France' 10-25-18
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
'CPT Frank I. Conley, Div. Radio Officer, & LTC Sebring C. Megill, Div. Sig. Officer, 78th Div.
Chatel-Chéhéry, Ardennes, France' 10-25-18
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Saint Mihiel
American 'Telephone Girls' working a switch board near the battle for Saint Mihiel 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Tours
American 'Hello Girls' at work Barracks No. 66, Tours, France Apr. 29, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Dravegny
Aerial observers dropping in parachutes after their balloon had been attacked
near Dravegny, France Aug. 6, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Observation balloon exploding after being hit by machine gun bullet from german plane,
Dravegny Aug. 6, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Army Air Service plane delivering official mail from Division Hqs to Corps Hqs 2nd Army at Fruges, France on August 18, 1918.
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This was the inaugural flight under the direction of the US Army Signal Corps.
First Airmail service for AEF in France Aug. 18, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111.
A Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter two-seater as it became popularly known in England. This type was licence built in France in great numbers (thousands) and was identified by the French Aviation Militaire as the Sopwith 1 A2 (reconnaissance two-seater) or the Sopwith 1 B1 (bomber single seat).
Obviously this is the Sopwith 1 A2.
The nickname 1 1/2 Strutter was of course never used by the French.
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Thanks to Kees Kort for information
First airmail service established with the fighting forces in France
on Aug. 18, 1918.
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Lt. Alan C. Cameron, pilot with 183rd Flight
Det. Lt. Clyde A. Bryd
in charge of the Signal Corps aeroplane courier service receiving package of Division mail from Lt. Arthur Einstein [Observer] at Corps Hqs,
2nd Army in Fruges, France
Fruges
First aeroplane mail service with AEF in France at Fruges, France Aug. 18, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111.
Mail room of Hqs. 2nd Army Corps at Fruges, France with the 1st airmail delivery Aug. 18, 1918 NARA111-SC-20553-ac
L - R Pvt. Ralph O. Block, Pvt. Charles D. Hohaus,
Cpl. Gordan Van Hoesen and Cpl. Aaron A. McIlheran,
all assigned to the 412 Telephone Bn., Hqs 2nd Army Corps, Fruges, France.
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111.
Chassemy
Col. William Hayward, CDR 369th Reg. sending message by pigeon service May 4, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Sainte Pôle
Preparing pigeons to carry despatches from the front, Sainte Pole. France May 13, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Watching the carrier pigeons returning with messages, Chassemy, France Feb.17, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Willencourt
Wire Laying team 108th Field Signal 33rd Div. Willencourt, Meuse, France 9-2-18
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Bellicourt
Signal Corps photographers catching a ride on a British tank
between Villeret and Bellicourt, France 9-29-18
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Montfaucon
Signal Corps photographers attached 5th Div. 1st Army, Montfaucon France Oct 18, 1918
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
“Signal Corps Photographic Unit attached to the 5th Division, 1st Army.
Personnel [ L to R]:
SFC A. J. Mann
CPL J. G. Jones, motion picture photographer
1LT William Fox, still photographer, taking the selfie
CPL Paul Bogart, assistant
Master Signal Electrician Gare Schwartz
Location: Fayel Farm near Montfaucon, Meuse, France on October 18, 1918
Argonne
302nd Field Signal BN, 77th Div.
cleaning up and repairing equipment after battle in Argonne Forest, 10-21-18
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Saint Juvin
Sgt. Chas. E. Mace, Sig, Corps Photographer, in the action at Saint Juvin, Ardennes, France 10-27-18 NARA111-SC-030856-ac
Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111
Cuisy
Radio van with 4th Div. in ruins of Cuisy, Meuse, France 10-1-18
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Source of Photograph: National Archives RG 111