Postcard showing destruction at Wavrin, France. Lt. Louis Bennett was buried at Wavrin, near Lille, France, where a Memorial Church was dedicated in his honor on August 24, 1919.
Bennett, Louis Waiting for 'Tryout' Next to Aircraft at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/26
Description:
Louis Bennett, Jr. and others stand to the right of an airplane while waiting for his 'tryout.' The aircraft appears to be an early Curtiss JN ("Jenny").
Bennett, Louis' Airplane, 'After the Fall,' at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/27
Description:
Men inspect Louis Bennett, Jr.'s airplane 'after the fall.' Photograph taken at 9 a.m. on Sunday, May 27th, 1917 at Sheepshead Bay. The aircraft is a Curtiss JN-4 ("Jenny").
Candid portrait of Louis Bennett, Jr. standing in the snow in front of an icicle covered building. This photograph was found in Bennett's Royal Air Force Wallet.
Portrait of Jarvis Offutt and Lt. Louis Bennett. At left is Jarvis Jenness Offutt of the U.S. Air Sevice, who was temporarily attached to Number 56 Aero Squadron of the R.A.F. He was killed in an accident in France, August 13, 1918. He was from Nebraska and a classmate of Bennett at Yale. This photograph was found in Bennett's Royal Air Force wallet.
