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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.

685. Bennett, Lt. Louis (Right) and Jarvis Offutt

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.

686. Bennett, Lt. Louis (Right) and Jarvis Offutt

Memorial plaque for Lieutenant Louis Bennett, 40th Squadron, Royal Air Force, B.E.F.  Bennett was shot down in flames "over the lines' on August 24th, 1918, after he had destroyed two German Observation Balloons.  His record, August 15th to August 24th, being 3 Enemy Planes, 9 Balloons destroyed, 4 in one day, for which he was recommended the Distinguished Flying Cross.   The Germans buried him with military honours at Wavrin, near Lille, France, where a Memorial Church in his honour will be dedicated on August 24th, 1919.

687. Memorial Plaque for Lt. Louis Bennett

Louis Bennett, Jr. driving his car at approximately age 12.  See 'Cross and Cockade Journal' vol. 21, no. 4, winter 80 (West Virginia Collection Pamphlet no. 14277) for an identification on candid portrait of Bennett in car.

688. Bennett, Louis and His Car

Car belonging to Louis Bennett, Jr. loaded with beer barrels.

689. Car Owned by Louis Bennett

Car belonging to Louis Bennett, Jr.

690. Car Owned by Louis Bennett

691. Engine of Louis Bennett's Car

Friend of Louis Bennett, Jr. driving a car.  Photograph from M. Graham, 622 W. 114th Street, New York, New York.

692. Friend of Louis Bennett, Jr.

Candid portrait of Louis Bennett, Jr. at Taliaferro (Hick's Field), Fort Worth, Texas in January of 1918.

693. Bennett, Louis at Taliaferro (Hicks Field,) Fort Worth, Texas

Postcard portrait of Abbot Leon Delannoy, of Wavrin, Northern France, Pastor during World War I, 1914-1919.  Card is addressed to 'Madame Bennett, glorious Bennett's mother, affectionate remembrance.' Cure Leon Delannoy, Wavrin France sent this picture to Dora Frost a friend of Sallie Maxwell Bennett.  Frost forwarded the photo to Sallie with letter 2 November 1919.  Bennett Collection, Box 3, Folder 11.

694. Delanny, Abbot Leon of Wavrin, Northern France, Pastor During World War I, 1914-1919

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.

695. Rubble at Wavrin, near Lille, France

Louis Bennett, Jr. and others wait next to plane at Sheepshead Bay.

696. Bennett, Louis and Others Waiting to Fly, Sheepshead Bay