Baker502 Posted March 21, 2007 Share #1 Posted March 21, 2007 Lets see some of your rarest/ favorite US Air Service stuff. Here a couple of my favorites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker502 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share #2 Posted March 21, 2007 Items from Hilbert Bair 24th RAF 25th Aero Squadron 8 confirmed victories The DFC is a replica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker502 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share #3 Posted March 21, 2007 Uniform from Lt Kane 8th Aero Squadron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker502 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share #4 Posted March 21, 2007 Items from Arthur Parr 90th Aero Squadron Includes uniform, painted trunk, ID Booklet, Squadron History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker502 Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share #5 Posted March 21, 2007 Uniform of Corp. Raymond Alexander 11th and 20th Aero Squadron, he volunteered to be a gunner on 3 bombing missions. Was credited with 1 victory and was wounded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost Posted March 21, 2007 Share #6 Posted March 21, 2007 WOW!! that is a stellar early aviation collection. Thanks for sharing Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGC Posted March 22, 2007 Share #7 Posted March 22, 2007 Those were some great uniforms. Here are a few items from my collection. The uniform and trunk are to 2nd Lt Harlan Williamson, of Jacksonville, Illinois. From the research I've conducted I don't believe he ever left the States before the war ended. He took his flight training in California and was later stationed in Texas as an instructor.[attachment 13177:attachment] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JGC Posted March 22, 2007 Share #8 Posted March 22, 2007 Here are two more items that I have that are WWI aviation related. The first is a trench art shell engraved to the 94th Aero Squadron and the second is a very nice foot locker named to Walter Opper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted March 22, 2007 Share #9 Posted March 22, 2007 OK, it is not a uniform, but what the heck! The box is a painted radio parts box. It is id'd to a V.W. Pierce. There is a Vernal W. Pierce listed in the draft registration cards. This fits in with the story I received from the anitque shop that I bought it from. The box was brought in by the vet's niece. Fixed inside the box is a parts listing for the box. No other artwork other than the top. One point to mention, someone had used masking tape on the top of the box. I used "GOO GONE" and it removed most of the tape and tape residue without damaging the paint. I am still working on the removing the rest of the tape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 22, 2007 Share #10 Posted March 22, 2007 I hope the seller doesn't mind me borrowing this photo, but since I don't have the group yet, here's a pic of my first WW1 aviation group. This is also my "largest" uniform grouping thus far in my burgeoning WW1 collection! Still looking for more! Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
776thamtrac Posted March 22, 2007 Share #11 Posted March 22, 2007 Although this is nothing compared to what you guys have to show here I thought I'd add it anyway. This set of Dallas wings and the hat badge belonged to one of my great uncles on my Grandmothers side. His name; James Norman Hall of Colfax, Iowa. One of the Lafyette, as well as Lord Kitcheners Mob, and later DFC winner. Some of you may know that after the war he wrote Mutiny on the Bounty as well as some other great books with fellow Escadrille man Charles Nordoff. I wish I could say that I have other items of his but my family thought that they needed to go to the local museum where virtually no one ever sees them. Anyway included in those items are the cyclic, and one bent machine gun, recovered from his crash of June 1917, a complete uniform, and many other small items. Anyway just wanted to share what I did have with you folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker502 Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share #12 Posted June 24, 2007 Lets keep this one going, I have noticed alot of influx on WW1 items, and a few post on WW1 wings. Heres a few more of mine. PAul Items from Lt. John Halligan 141st Aero Squadron, he claimed 3 victories but was never offically credited with any. I also have his boots flight suit and flight helmet. A great grouping that also has a taped interview with him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker502 Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share #13 Posted June 24, 2007 Here is a group to the man who logged the most flight time in the Italian front. Paton Mac Gilvery, flew Capproni bomber with the Italians out of Foggia. A great grouping with a great ID card, and photo of him in front of a Capproni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker502 Posted June 24, 2007 Author Share #14 Posted June 24, 2007 Here is a great Aviation Cadet uniform and Campaign hat with the white silk band. It too kme forever to find a campaign hat like this that was unmessed with. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted June 24, 2007 Share #15 Posted June 24, 2007 Lately, I too have been in an Air Service state of mind--as you can see from my avatar. These five uniforms are currently at the center of my display rack. Left to Right: Front Row: - Mechanic, Eugene W. 98th Aero Sqdn - Cook, Heinrich M. 94 AS - S1C, Arthur B. Sqdn A, Call Field TX Back Row: - Pvt Orvie W. 30th Co, 3rd Air Service Motor Mechanic Regt - Capt. Ferdinand E. AS AEF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwnorma Posted June 24, 2007 Share #16 Posted June 24, 2007 Paul, I also just picked up an Aviation Cadet garrison cap with the white pique band. It's a little bit chewed up, but the white band is in nice shape. Hard to find those as most of the guys just took off the white band when they graduated. Pretty much only the ones still in training when the war ended would have left them on. Chris Here is a great Aviation Cadet uniform and Campaign hat with the white silk band. It too kme forever to find a campaign hat like this that was unmessed with. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunbarrel Posted June 24, 2007 Share #17 Posted June 24, 2007 Wow...very impressive! I have just a picture, but it's one of my favorite items because my wife gave it to me. She found it in an antique shop and it's in its original frame. I need to take a better picture of it some time, but here it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Doug Posted December 12, 2007 Share #18 Posted December 12, 2007 This is a picture of my father with some friends (He was a member of the 94th Aero Squadron) after "liberating" a few items from Kaiser Wilhelm's gun collection in 1918. He is standing in the middle. I assume that the photo was taken in Coblenz, December, 1918. I still have the flintlock that he is holding in the photo. If anyone has any idea how to find out more about the pistol or the Kaiser's gun collection, I would appreciate an email as I am interested in selling the pistol along with some other items. I can only account for the pistol for the last 89 years. Unfortunately, the clothes and helmet that he is wearing were ruined in a flooded basement. I will be adding more photos soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Doug Posted December 12, 2007 Share #19 Posted December 12, 2007 These are fragments from 94th Aero Squadron Ace, "Ham" Coolidge's plane after he was blown out of the sky with a direct hit from an AA round near the end of WWI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEAST Posted December 12, 2007 Share #20 Posted December 12, 2007 Some great stuff guys! Colorad Doug, That is a shame about the uniform and helmet. If you still had it, I would loved to have tried restoring it. This is the signature from Lt Frank B. Tyndall (i.e. Tyndall Air Force Base) who served in the 22nd Aero Squadron. It is in an Infantry manual that I got from a relative a few years ago. I posted it in the aviation section, so if you want to read more about it, go to: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...showtopic=13142 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Doug Posted December 12, 2007 Share #21 Posted December 12, 2007 A picture of the pistol that my father is holding in my earlier post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Doug Posted December 12, 2007 Share #22 Posted December 12, 2007 A Thanksgiving menu from France Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Doug Posted December 12, 2007 Share #23 Posted December 12, 2007 The 94th Aero traveled to England via the Adriatic. This is my father's ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted December 12, 2007 Share #24 Posted December 12, 2007 I just posted photos of this in another thread: http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/ind...showtopic=13121 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colorado Doug Posted December 12, 2007 Share #25 Posted December 12, 2007 A coded message from the front lines Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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