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The First Plane Used by American aviators in France during World War I was this Morane Rolier airplane – Antique Wall Art

The First Plane Used by American aviators in France during World War I was this Morane Rolier airplane, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph
The First Plane Used by American aviators in France during World War I was this Morane Rolier airplane, [no date recorded on caption card]. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures The First Plane Used by American aviators in France during World War I was this Morane Rolier airplane in remarkable detail. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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The caption identifies this Morane Rolier as the first airplane used by American aviators in France during World War I, but the record flags that information as unverified, so it is best read as the card's account rather than settled fact. Morane aircraft were French designs of the period, and American volunteers and early Army airmen in France trained on and flew a range of French types before American-built machines arrived in large numbers. With no date recorded, the photograph is most useful as a record of the French aircraft that early American fliers were using during the war.

Created / published[no date recorded on caption card]
Medium1 photographic print.
NotesThis record contains unverified, old data from caption card.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,098 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-110035

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