The aircraft in the picture is a Curtiss Jenny. Records show that the tail number (#1) corresponds to an aircraft that had a mishap enroute to West Virginia, and was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917. In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured. (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.)

Bennett, Lt. Louis and Fellow Pilot with World War I Airplane

Identifier:: 001320
Collection Number:: A&M 1590
Title:: Bennett, Lt. Louis and Fellow Pilot with World War I Airplane
Date:: ca. 1918
Description:: The aircraft in the picture is a Curtiss Jenny. Records show that the tail number (#1) corresponds to an aircraft that had a mishap enroute to West Virginia, and was destroyed in a crash on August 4, 1917. In this crash Cadet C.B. Lambert (of Welch, West Virginia) was killed, and Lieutenant William Frey was injured. (See newspaper Wheeling Register, August 4, 1917.)
Acquisition Source:: Williams, Douglas B.
Acquisition Method:: Acquired
Medium:: print
Projects:: West Virginia History OnView