ORIGINAL! WW1 US ARMY AIR SERVICE 33rd AERO SQ CAPT HARRY GWYNNE in FRANCE PHOTO

WW1 US ARMY AIR SERVICE 33rd AERO SQ CAPT HARRY GWYNNE in FRANCE U. ARMY AIR SERVICE 33rd AERO SQUADRON CAPTAIN HARRY GWYNNE in FRANCE. GWYNNE COMMANDER OF THE U. ARMY AIR SERVICE 33rd AERO SQUADRON POSES AT THE ISSOUDUN AERODROME IN FRANCE WITH HIS FISH PLANE AT THE 3rd AVITAION INSTRUCTION CENTRE A.

AT FIELD 4 USED FOR FOR PURSUIT TRAINING. THE COMMANDER POSES IN UNIFORM BY HIS LEGENDARY DECORATED NIEUPORT 24Bis FIGHTER PLANE NAMED THE " FLYING FISH ". THE COMMANDER DIED AT THE SAME AIRFIELD ON JUNE 9,1918 IN AN AIRPLANE ACCIDENT. Issoudun Aerodrome was a complex of military airfields in the vicinity of Issoudun, Centre, France.

They were used during World War I as part of the Third Air Instructional Center, American Expeditionary Forces for training United States airmen prior to being sent into combat on the Western Front. It was at that time the largest air base in the world. PERIOD ID's IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE NEGATIVE. PERIOD HAND OPAQUED ON THE LOWER LEFT IS THE U. SIGNAL CORPS'S OFFICIAL NEGATIVE NUMBER. PERIOD LETTER " D " ON THE REVERSE. SHARP FOCUS AND VERY GOOD CONTRAST. SEMI GLOSS POSTCARD WEIGHT PHOTOGRAPHIC PAPER. DIMENSIONS: 4 3/8" x 7 3/4".

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