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World War I era airplane landing gear lined up in a hangar.

1. World War I Airplane Landing Gear Stored in a Hangar

IDNO:
001314
Title:
World War I Airplane Landing Gear Stored in a Hangar
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
World War I era airplane landing gear lined up in a hangar.
Candid portrait of Lt. Louis Bennett in uniform posing with a small child on a sled.

2. Bennett, Lt. Louis with Small Child

IDNO:
001316
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis with Small Child
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Candid portrait of Lt. Louis Bennett in uniform posing with a small child on a sled.
The aircraft in the picture is a Curtiss Jenny. Records show that the tail number (#1) corresponds to an aircraft that had a mishap enroute to West Virginia, and was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917. In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured. (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.)

3. Bennett, Lt. Louis and Fellow Pilot with World War I Airplane

IDNO:
001320
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis and Fellow Pilot with World War I Airplane
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
The aircraft in the picture is a Curtiss Jenny. Records show that the tail number (#1) corresponds to an aircraft that had a mishap enroute to West Virginia, and was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917. In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured. (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.)
Officers of the West Virginia Flying Corps, including (left to right) Lieutenant Thomas Kent, Captain Louis Bennett, Jr., and Lieutenant William Frey. They are standing in front of a Curtiss JN or "Jenny" aircraft. This photograph appeared with an article regarding the W. Va. Flying Corps in the July 29, 1917 issue of the Wheeling Sunday News on page eight of part iii.

4. Bennett, Lt. Louis (Center) and with Fellow Pilots

IDNO:
001322
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis (Center) and with Fellow Pilots
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Officers of the West Virginia Flying Corps, including (left to right) Lieutenant Thomas Kent, Captain Louis Bennett, Jr., and Lieutenant William Frey. They are standing in front of a Curtiss JN or "Jenny" aircraft. This photograph appeared with an article regarding the W. Va. Flying Corps in the July 29, 1917 issue of the Wheeling Sunday News on page eight of part iii.
Preparing to start aircraft #1 Curtiss JN-4 and "grass cutter" training plane. Plane #1 was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917. In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured. (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.) Each ground crewman in the picture is about to "turn over the prop" in order to start the engines of the airplanes.

5. Preparing to Start Planes at West Virginia Flying Corps Big Hangar in Beech Bottom, W. Va.

IDNO:
001323
Title:
Preparing to Start Planes at West Virginia Flying Corps Big Hangar in Beech Bottom, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Preparing to start aircraft #1 Curtiss JN-4 and "grass cutter" training plane. Plane #1 was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917. In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured. (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.) Each ground crewman in the picture is about to "turn over the prop" in order to start the engines of the airplanes.
Lt. Louis Bennett, Jr. and dog standing in front of S. E. 5a airplane.

6. Lieutenant Louis Bennett and Dog

IDNO:
001327
Title:
Lieutenant Louis Bennett and Dog
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Lt. Louis Bennett, Jr. and dog standing in front of S. E. 5a airplane.