Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ARMY AIR CORPS LARGEST MANEUVER

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. ARMY AIR CORPS LARGEST MANEUVER

1931

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/65487

Summary: Covers highlights of Air Corps maneuvers under direction of Brig. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois. Shows P-12B, P-12C, B-6A, O-1, O-2 and P-16 aircraft. Photographed by Paramount News. Reel 1: 1' HUGE AIR ARMY MASSES-DAYTON. ARMY PLANES 672 STRONG ASSEMBLE FOR SKY DRILL, BRIG. GEN. FOUL0IS DIRECTS THE MANEUVERS. PARAMOUNT SOUND NEWS. 18' MS array of parked aircraft including P-12Cs and P-12Bs. 26' MCU Brig. Gen. Foulois, Chief of Staff Army Air Corps, speaking. 38' LS P-12Cs in mass takeoff to left. 53' AMLS parked aircraft including B-6As. 63' LS & MLS P-12Cs and LB-6s in mass fly-by to right. 94' AMS 0-1s in mass formation. 103' LS 0-2s in mass flyover. 120' total footage in reel. Reel 2: 1' ARMY ENDS "AIR WAR" DAYTON, OHIO. STIRRING COMBAT FORMATIONS MARK CLOSE OF TEN-DAY AIR CORPS MANEUVERS IN WHICH MORE THAN 200 PLANES TOOK PART. PARAMOUNT NEWS. 13' MSs rows of parked aircraft including six 0= 1s and twelve P-16s with engines running ,intercut with spectators at airfield. 29' Scenes of 0-1s taxiing, in mass takeoff, flyovers and laying smoke screens. 112' total footage in reel. THE END. Fair-good (Basic: mas pos)

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Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967

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Benjamin "Benny" Delahauf Foulois (December 9, 1879 – April 25, 1967) was a United States Army general who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright Brothers. He became the first military aviator as an airship pilot, and achieved numerous other military aviation "firsts". He led strategic development of the Air Force in the United States. Foulois was born in Washington, Connecticut to a Franco-American pipe-fitter and a Boston-born nurse. At age 18, he used his older...