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World War I era airplane landing gear lined up in a hangar.

1. World War I Airplane Landing Gear Stored in a Hangar

IDNO:
001314
Title:
World War I Airplane Landing Gear Stored in a Hangar
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
World War I era airplane landing gear lined up in a hangar.
Portrait of Henri Montelecque, the young boy who saw the fall of Lt. Louis Bennett on August 24, 1918. Accompanied letter from Marie-Louis Plancy to Mrs. Louis Bennett, 22 July 1919 in the Bennett Collection Box 3, Folder 3.

2. Mortelecque, Henri

IDNO:
001315
Title:
Mortelecque, Henri
Date:
1919/08/24
Description:
Portrait of Henri Montelecque, the young boy who saw the fall of Lt. Louis Bennett on August 24, 1918. Accompanied letter from Marie-Louis Plancy to Mrs. Louis Bennett, 22 July 1919 in the Bennett Collection Box 3, Folder 3.
Candid portrait of Lt. Louis Bennett in uniform posing with a small child on a sled.

3. Bennett, Lt. Louis with Small Child

IDNO:
001316
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis with Small Child
Date:
ca. 1918
Description:
Candid portrait of Lt. Louis Bennett in uniform posing with a small child on a sled.
Captain Kelly, British Flying Corps, on crutches and Louis Bennett, Jr., West Virginia Flying Corps, holding bottle, pose for a portrait at Sheepshead Bay, May 24, 1917.

4. Bennett, Lt. Louis and Captain Kelly (On Crutches) at Sheepshead Bay

IDNO:
001317
Title:
Bennett, Lt. Louis and Captain Kelly (On Crutches) at Sheepshead Bay
Date:
1917/05/24
Description:
Captain Kelly, British Flying Corps, on crutches and Louis Bennett, Jr., West Virginia Flying Corps, holding bottle, pose for a portrait at Sheepshead Bay, May 24, 1917.
Memorial for Louis Bennett, Jr. placed by his mother, Mrs. Bennett. Photograph found in a letter dated June 5, 1926.

5. Memorial for Lt. Louis Bennett, Jr.

IDNO:
001318
Title:
Memorial for Lt. Louis Bennett, Jr.
Date:
1926/05/30
Description:
Memorial for Louis Bennett, Jr. placed by his mother, Mrs. Bennett. Photograph found in a letter dated June 5, 1926.
Aircraft in foreground is a "grass cutter" or "penguin," a non flying training machine designed to teach student pilots of the day start up and taxi procedures. Rear aircraft is Curtiss JN-4, aircraft #1 of WV Flying Corps. See Louis Bennett letter to Gov. John J. Cornwell, 22 June 1917, WV State Archives, Charleston, Box 302. Note: Aircraft #1 was destroyed in a crash on 3 August 1917. See Wheeling Register, 4 August 1917, front page.

6. West Virginia Flying Corps Hangar and Planes at Beech Bottom, W. Va.

IDNO:
001319
Title:
West Virginia Flying Corps Hangar and Planes at Beech Bottom, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1917/06
Description:
Aircraft in foreground is a "grass cutter" or "penguin," a non flying training machine designed to teach student pilots of the day start up and taxi procedures. Rear aircraft is Curtiss JN-4, aircraft #1 of WV Flying Corps. See Louis Bennett letter to Gov. John J. Cornwell, 22 June 1917, WV State Archives, Charleston, Box 302. Note: Aircraft #1 was destroyed in a crash on 3 August 1917. See Wheeling Register, 4 August 1917, front page.