Aero Squadrons Of WWI Reel-2

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00:00:18;13

MLS ground crewmen turning propeller on a DH-4 - a tent, an automobile, and ground crewmen in bg. MLS FV a staggered row of nine DH-4's - several of the aircraft engines are running. MS right SV pan right with DH-4 taxiing.

00:00:31;04

MS right FV DH-4 starting takeoff run and passing out right frame. Series of shots of nine DH-4's taking off singly. This is the start of the first flight over German lines by American built planes which are piloted by American flyers, Ourches, France, 9 August 1918 135th Aero Squadron.

00:01:17;16

MS FV DH-4 with engine running - ground crewman enters right frame and leans on left wing of aircraft. MS DH-4 taxiing away from camera. MLS right SV Spad 13 taking off and flying out right frame. MS Salmson 2 A.2 flies through scene and passes out right frame. MLS to LS pan right with Salmson 2 A.2 in flight low over ground and climbing.

00:02:00;17

MS pan left, officers of the 12th Aero Squadron, standing in front of a Breguet 14 A.2 at Ourches, France, 17 May 1918. MCU the oldest Air Service flying team in France, Capt. Elliot P. Hinds, pilot, age 47, and Lt. John C. Lundsdan, observer, age 42, standing in front of and climbing into the cockpit of a Breguet 14 A.2 - both are members of the 12th Aero Squadron.

00:03:04;11

MS pan right on a street in the village of Chatel-sur-Mozelle, France. Several officers and soldiers are walking on the street and two trucks are parked on the street, fountain in fg at end of pan, 24 June 1918. MS pan right with a tractor pulling a drag over the landing field of the 12th Aero Squadron at Vathimenil, France, 16 June 1918.

00:03:34;02

MS pan right to show members of the 13th Aero Squadron: Capt. C.J. Biddle, Commanding Officer; Lt. Hoby; H.A. Baker; Lt. C.M. Jones; Lt. A.A. Brody; Lt. G.P. Kull; Lt. H.B. Freeman; Lt. L. Brewer; Lt. R.R. Converse; Lt. C.W. Drew; Lt. J.J. Seerley; Lt. F.F. Taggert, who is holding a box; Lt. E.F. Richards; Lt. H.I. Riley; Lt. H.O. Ellis; Lt. W.C. Worthington; Lt. H.G. Armstrong; Lt. Wm. H. Stovall; Lt. S.E. Elliott and Lt. D.W. Howe, standing in front of a number of Spad 13's parked in a row. Series of scenes of the following men walking toward camera, saluting, and exiting right frame: Capt. C.J. Biddle, three German planes shot down; Lt. Hobart Baker, one plane shot-down; Lt. G.F. Fisher, one plane shot down - other members of the 13th Aero Squadron are standing in bg; several Spad 13's are parked in a row in bg.

00:03:56;19

MS four members of the 13th Aero Squadron putting on their flight suits and helmets beside a Spad 13 - three of the pilots run to parked Spad 13's in bg near Tours, France, 18 July 1918. MS four parked Spad 13's with engines running, start to taxi and pass out right frame, one by one - several hangars in bg. MS pan left to show hangars used by the Second Pursuit Squadron.

00:05:11;13

MS personnel of the Second Pursuit Group, left to right: Maj. D. Johnson, Commanding Officer; Maj. Wm. Thaw, Commanding Officer l03rd Squadron; Capt. C.J. Biddle, Commanding Officer 13th Squadron; and Capt. D.L. Hill, Commanding Officer 139th Squadron - pilots of the 2nd Squadron are standing beside a Spad 13 in bg; three other Spad 13's are parked in a row behind them. MS pan right, members of the l03rd Aero Squadron, formerly of the Lafayette Escadrille, standing beside a parked Spad 13 - three other Spad 13's are parked in bg. Series of scenes as members of the l03rd Aero Squadron walk toward camera, salute, and exit left frame: Maj. Wi1liam Thaw, five German planes shot down; Lt. G.D.F. Larner, three down; Lt. C.R. Merrick, one down; Lt. E.G. Tobin, three down; Lt. C.U. Ford, two down; Lt. G.E. Turnrue, three down; Lt. E.B. Jones, one down. MS pan right to show members of the 139th Aero Squadron standing in front of a Spad 13 - one pilot is holding a black dog -- three Spad 13's parked in bg.
MS members of the 139th Aero Squadron standing beside a Spad 13; Capt. D.L. Hill leaves group, walks toward camera, salutes, and exits right frame. MLS FV two hangars.

00:07:16;02

MS pan right, nine Sopwith F-1 Camels of the 185th Aero Squadron, parked in a row - pilots and ground crewmen are standing in front of their aircraft Rembercourt, France, 12 November 1918. MS FV stationary Sopwith F-1 Camel - burning flares are attached to wingtip of aircraft. MLS low angle, four Air Service men standing atop a signal tower - one of the soldiers fires a signal gun. CU flare burning under the wing of a Sopwith F-l Camel. LS a signal flare passes through and drops out lower frame.

00:07:46;13

MCU two Air Service pilots inspecting a 24 lb. copper bomb - Sopwith F-1 Camel in bg. MS pan right to show officers of the 9th Reconnaissance Squadron, standing between two parked Salmson 2 A.2's: Lt. R.E. Spake, Lt. D.W. Willard, Lt. M.F. Saunders, Lt. James H. Wray, Lt. G.E. Griffiths, Lt. G.L. Heck, Lt. R. Varger, Lt. John A. Scott, Lt. R.H. Russell, Lt. C.H. Smith, Lt. E.T. Green, Lt. R.C. McCord, Lt. Robert J. Fermum, Lt. E.F. Marlowe, Lt. E.M. Puder, Lt. W.H. Leininger, Lt. F.J. Buckley, Lt. W.W. Cordas, Lt. E.R. Kenneson, Lt. L. Ramaley, Lt. V.A. Craicunus, Lt. J.H. Pritchard, Lt. C.E. Kennedy, Lt. H.F. Slart, Lt. C.G. Blackard, Lt. F. Blekre, Lt. F. Spiegelbert, and Lt. P. S. Van Veghten. MS pan right, eight Salmson 2 A.2's parked in a row - crewman and pilots are standing in front of aircraft - a ninth Salmson 2 A.2 is parked sideways facing right in the middle of the pan. MS pan right to show officers of the First Aero Squadron: Lt. J.W. Corley, Lt. E.J. Tucker, Lt. A.H. Pouse, Lt. J.S. Farnum, Lt. R.T. Filling, Lt. A.E. Easterbrook, Lt. B.M. Espey, Lt. Paul Meyers, Capt. A.J. Coyle, Lt. G.M. Kibbe, Lt. H.K. Baisley, Lt.E. Grotecloss, and Lt. J.T. King; kneeling: Lt. R.L. Gaelaas, Lt. R.S. Coward, Lt. C.A. Henry, Lt. L.S. Burwash, Lt. Lee Rogers, Lt. S.L. Willets, Lt. J.A. Benson, Lt. L.F. Pendleton, Lt. V.T. Baird, Lt. W.D. Walsh, Lt. F.V. Yates, Lt. E.B. Markle, Lt. J.F. Carr, Lt. F.W. DeHaven, Lt. G.B. Bacon, Lt. M.P. Bryan, Lt. K.W. Nicholson, Lt. Roy U. Dabbs. MS left SV Capt. A.J. Coyle and Lt. Eastbrook of the First Aero Squadron, standing beside their Salmson 2 A.2 - MARY A, painted on side of aircraft. American flag painted on side of plane.

00:09:23;23

MS pan right to show officers of the 24th Aero Squadron 1st Army, Observation Group, kneeling in front of A.R.l A.2's: Lt. C. Young, Lt. H.A. Mayforth, Lt. T.E. Meeham, Lt. L.P. Conroy, Lt. A.N. Swinebroad, Lt. Lewis McSpader, Lt. W.N. Davis, Lt. D.M. Roy, Lt. G.E. Goldthwaite, Lt. S.L. Holland, Lt. Y.N. Scoville, Lt. P. Adams: standing: Lt. F.P. Kirschner, Lt. F.H. Underhill, Lt. L.M. Selleck, Lt. W.R. Lokey, Lt. W.I. Daniell, Lt. B.F. Collins, Lt. C.W. Higgins. Lt. G.E. Hackett, Lt. C.C. Cottrell, Lt. F.A. Jensen, Lt. T.J. Nolan, Capt. Maury Hill, Capt. J.W. Couains, Lt. R.W.B. Cowan, Lt. A.B. Ferrell, Lt. L.A. Witishek, Lt. J.H. Wise, Lt. C.M. Heydecker and Lt. W.R. Smith.

00:09:28;11

MCU Capt. Maury Hill, Commanding Officer, 24th Aero Squadron, and J.W. Cousins, Operations Officer, 24th Aero Squadron, standing beside the 24th Aero Squadron's insignia - an eagle and a dog painted on the side of an aircraft.
MS a Breguet 14 A.2 taxiing toward camera and passing out left frame. MLS a Breguet 14 A.2 in flight low over ground just after takeoff - four hangars in bg. MS Salmson 2 A.2 taxiing toward camera and passing out right frame. MLS right SV a Salmson 2 A.2 taxiing on grassy field and passing out right frame. MLS right SV Spad 7 C.1 in flight low over ground and passing out right frame just after takeoff. Several scenes a Caproni three-engine bomber taxiing on grass field.

00:10:07;20

MS pan right, pilots and observers of the 88th and 284th Observation Squadrons standing in front of several parked Salmson 2 A.2's: Lt. Farrell, Lt. Wagner, Lt. Marshall, Lt. Bagby, Lt. Bernheimer, Lt. Babcock, Lt. McCordie, Lt. Murphy, Lt. link, Lt. Knowles, Lt. Thompson, Lt. Page, Lt. Childe, Lt. Knight, Lt. Anderson, Lt. Hogan, Lt. O'Keefe, Lt. Bleasant, Lt. Loud, Lt. Hulbram, Lt. Ensigh, Lt. Sigaitz, and Lt. Southall.
MS five French aviators standing in front of a Spad 13: Aspirant Laitheir, Capt. Gerard, Lt. Tongas, Lt. Pourard, Lt. Iacheze, and an unidentified French pilot.