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US Air Service's 1st Day Bombardment Group

Future aerodrome & hangers for the 1st Day Bombardment Group

Many Thanks to Mr. Harold “Buck” Rigg, founding curator of the 8th Air Force Museum, for his friendship and guiding hand during my Air Force career!
  1. 166 Aero Sq Crest
  2. 20th Aero Squadron Crest #2
  3. 1st Day Bombardment Group Emblem color version 1918
  4. Close-up of the wing bomb racks on a DeHavilland DH-4 aircraft, France, 1918. Note the field installed mudguards over the tires designed to keep the...
  5. Interior of the 1st Day Bombardment Group intelligence office in France, 1918. Note the photo mosaic map of the group's operating sector over the...
  6. Aircraft markings of enemy aircraft encountered by the 1st Day Bombardment Group, 1918 (Color chart)
  7. Interior of the 1st Day Bombardment Group intelligence office in France, 1918. Note the Allied insignia recognition chart at right and the...
  8. A 96th Aero Squadron crew pose with their Breguet 14B-2 bomber in France, 1918. (2BW Historian)
  9. Capt D.H. Young (left) and 1st Lt. S.M. Lunt, members of the 96th Aero Squadron, with a Breguet 14B-2 in France, 1918. (8AF Museum)
  10. Capt James A. Summerset, Jr., commander of the 96th Aero Squadron, in a Breguet 14B-2 bomber, France, 1918. Note the .303 machinegun mounted on the...
  11. A 96th Aero Squadron Breguet 14B-2 bomber over the front, France, 1918. (8AF Museum)
  12. Detail of a loaded bomb rack on a 96th Aero Squadron Breguet 14B-2 bomber, France, 1918. (8AF Museum)
  13. A Breguet 14B-2 bomber assigned to the 96th Aero Squadron at Maulan Airdrome, France, 1918. Note the model of a Breguet sitting on the left wing....
  14. Arthur B. Alexander, A 96th Aero Squadron pilot poses with a Breguet 14B-2 bomber in France, 1918. (8AF Museum)
  15. Arthur B. Alexander, A 96th Aero Squadron pilot poses with a Breguet 14B-2 bomber in France, 1918. (8AF Museum)
  16. A 96th Aero Squadron crew pose with their Breguet 14B-2 bomber in France, 1918. (2BW Historian)
  17. Members of the 166th Aero Squadron with one their DeHavilland DH-4 aircraft, France, 1918. (8AF Museum)
  18. Enlisted ground crew personnel of the 96th Aero Squadron displaying a model they built of a Breguet 14-B2 bomber, France, 1918. (8AF Museum)
  19. Flying personnel of the 20th Aero Squadron pose with one of their DeHavilland DH-4 aircraft in France, 1918. Capt Cecil G. Sellars, the squadron...
  20. Personnel of the 20th Aero Squadron pose with one of their DeHavilland DH-4 aircraft in France, 1918. Note the number "20" pinned to the enlisted...
  21. 1st Day Bombardment Group Emblem @1918
  22. 96th Aro Squardon Br14B2
  23. Ground personnel arm a 96th Aero Squadron Breguet 14B-2 bomber before a mission, France, 1918. (8AF Museum)
  24. Ground personnel refuel a 96th Aero Squadron Breguet 14B-2 bomber with buckets of gas before a mission, France, 1918. (8AF Museum)
  25. 96th Aero Squadron Pilots - far right is Capt James A. Summerset, Jr., commander of the 96th Aero Squadron, in a Breguet 14B-2 bomber, France, 1918....
  26. Capt James A. Summerset, Jr., commander of the 96th Aero Squadron, with a Breguet 14B-2 bomber, France, 1918. (8AF Museum)
  27. Capt Cecil G. Sellars (left), commander of the 20th Aero Squadron, and 1st Lt Joseph Wallach (right), squadron medical officer, pose with one of...
  28. A lineup of 20th Aero Squadron DeHavilland DH-4 aircraft at Kelly Field, Texas, 1920. (8AF Museum)
  29. Members of the 11th Aero Squadron with their DeHavilland DH-4 aircraft at Amanty Airfield, France, 14 September 1918. Aircraft foreground, on the...
  30. 1st DBG Aircraft   96AS Berguet   166AS DH4
  31. 1st DBG Aircraft   20AS DH4   11AS DH4
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