Second Aviation Instruction Center, American Expeditionary Force photographs, ca. 1917-ca. 1918.

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Second Aviation Instruction Center, American Expeditionary Force photographs, ca. 1917-ca. 1918.

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Photographs documenting the activities and personnel of the American Expeditionary Forces at the Second Aviation Instruction Center, near Tours, France, ca. 1917-1918. Included are images of staff, facilities, planes, a radio school, medical services, recreational activities, observer school activities, and the French countryside.

207 photographs and4 drawings in 1 archives box.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924373

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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