
Special Collections Department, History of Aviation Collection
Guide to the Russell Manning Collection, 1914-1975
F008-93
Finding aid prepared by Thomas J. Allen, Ph.D.
Table of Contents
- Collection Overview
- Administrative Information
- Controlled Access Headings
- Biographical Sketch
- Scope and Content
- Series Description
- Related Materials
- Image ID
- Collection Inventory
- Series I. Russell Manning Biographical Information
- Series II. World War I British Aviation
- Series III. World War I German Aviation
- Series IV. Photographs: World War I British and American Aviation
Collection Overview
- Repository
- Special Collections Department, History of Aviation Collection
- Creator - Collector
- Manning, Russell, Mr.
- Title
- Russell Manning Collection
- ID
- F008-93
- Date [bulk]
- Bulk, 1914-1918
- Date [inclusive]
- 1914-1975
- Extent
- 3.5 Linear feet (7 manuscript boxes.)
- Language of Materials
- Collection is in German and English.
- Abstract
- Russell Manning was a World War I afficionado collecting materials mainly pertaining to British and German aviation. He was in close contact with other World War I interested researchers.
Citation
Russell Manning Collection, Document name or type, Folder number, Box number, Series number, History of Aviation Collection, Special Collections Department, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Special Collections Department, History of Aviation Collection 1 November 2009
800 West Campbell Road, MC33Richardson, TX, 75080-3021
972-883-2570
[email protected]
Revision Description
The first revision was a conversion to HTML Format. 26 November 2014
Access Restrictions
Materials in this collection are open for research.
Literary Rights Statement
Permission to publish material from this collection in any form, current or future, must be obtained from the Special Collections Department, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Provenance Statement
The Russell Manning Collection were donated to the History of Aviation Collection, Special Collections Department, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas, by an unknown donor in 1993.
Note to the Researcher
All metal fasteners have been removed from the documents. The photographs have been rehoused into polypropylene sleeves. The photographs in the albums have been removed from their photo mounting corners and either interleaved with acid free paper or put into sleeves.
Material Removed List
Duplicate materials were pulled from the collection and de-accessioned.
Controlled Access Headings
Personal Name(s)
- Manning, Russell, Mr.
Subject(s)
- George H. Williams, Jr. World War I Aviation Library
Biographical Sketch
Russell Manning was born in November, 1914 in New York. Manning was interested in World War I aviation and focused on collecting materials related to British and German aviation. He was a member of Cross and Cockade Journal and associated with a number of other World War I aviation historians represented in the collections of the History of Aviation Collection, including Iver Penttinen. Manning passed away on October 20, 1975 in the Bronx, New York City. Upon Manning’s death, Iver Penttinen collected these materials.
- Source
- Russell Manning Collection, Biographical Information – Folder 1, Box 1, Series I, History of Aviation Collection, Special Collections Department, Eugene McDermott Library, The University of Texas at Dallas.
Scope and Content
This collection contains documents, war diaries, reports, photographs, personal papers, correspondence, notes, and victory listings that were collected by Russell Manning in his lifetime. The Russell Manning Collection is housed in seven manuscript boxes totaling 3.5 linear ft.
The collection arrived in fair condition. At first the collection was processed with only a few folders in a manuscript box causing the materials to bend and slouch. Access was difficult, since there was only a rudimentary container list available. Because of these circumstances, the entire collection was reprocessed. Original order could not be determined and arrangement -was imposed by the processing archivist. The curator identified four series with the first series being the Russell Manning Biographical Information Series. This series includes a photograph of Russell Manning, circa 1974, a copy of Russell Manning’s death certificate, and a letter from Iver Penttinen regarding the disposition of Manning’s collection.
The second series is the World War I British Aviation Series. This series is the largest of the four identified and consists of the RFC/RAF War Diary for World War I, and combat reports, notes, and histories from various RFC/RAF and RNAS Squadrons.
The third series is the World War I German Aviation Series. This series contains victory lists and notes on various World War I German aviation units. It also includes photographs of German aviation units, German pilots and ground crew, and German aircraft manufacturers.
The fourth series is the Photographs: World War I British and American Aviation Series. This series consists of photographs of British and American aviation units, as well as photograph albums belonging to individual American and British World War I Aviators.
Series Description
The Russell Manning Collection is arranged into four series:
Series I. Russell Manning Biographical Information 0.25 linear ft. (one folder), 1914-1975.
Arranged topically.
Series II. World War I British Aviation 2.25 linear ft. (four manuscript boxes and seven folders), 1915-1918.
Arranged topically.
Series III. World War I German Aviation 0.5 linear ft. (one manuscript box), 1914-1918.
Arranged numerically by Jasta number and alphabetically by aircraft manufacturer.
Series IV. Photographs 0.5 linear ft. (one manuscript box), 1914-1918.
Arranged by country, and numerically by squadron number.
Related Materials
Additional Sources
The History of Aviation Collection holds several other aviation document and photograph collections in its World War I holdings, such as the Iver Penttinen Collection, Ed Ferko Collection, and/or the George H. Williams Jr. Collection. It also maintains numerous books about World War I aviation, and print runs of the World War I journals Over the Front, Cross and Cockade Journal, and Cross and Cockade Great Britain/International.
Image ID
It is the researcher's responsibility to secure permission from copyright holders of materials to which this institution does not own copyright.
Images in this collection are identified by a unique number that provides information about the format, record group, collection, box, folder, and image numbers. Please use this number when ordering reproductions of images from this collection.
Record Group Code
1 = CAT/Air American Archives
2 = Doolittle Archives
3 = Lighter than Air Archives
4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library
5 = History of Aviation Archives
6 = University Archives
7 = HAC Stacks
8 = WPRL Stacks
9 = Cecil H. and Ida M. Green Collection
10 = Belsterling Collection
11 = Closed Stacks
12 = Unidentified
13 = Chance Vought Archives
14 = Twirly Birds Archives
Image Format Code
P = Photograph/Postcard
S = Slide
N = Negative
T = Positive Transparency
B = Black and White
C = Color
Example : 4RM-6-16-PB51
4 = George H. Williams, Jr., World War I Aviation Library
RM = Russell Manning Collection
6 = Box Number
16 = Folder Number
P = Photograph/Postcard
B = Black and White
51 = Image Number
Images archived in plastic image holders may also have a location code in the format: 1/TL. In this example, the number is the sheet number and the letters indicate the top left position on the sheet. Position indicators are T = top, L = left, R = right, M = middle, and B = bottom. Position indicators may be combined to describe the position on the sheet, as shown in this example.
Collection Inventory
Series I. Russell Manning Biographical Information |
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Russell Manning Biographical Information. 1914-1975 Image number 4RM-1-1-PC1, death certificate, and correspondence.
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Series II. World War I British Aviation |
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1916 January–March
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1916 April–May
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1916 June–July
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1916 August
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1916 September
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1916 October
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1916 November–December
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1917 January–March
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1917 April–May
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1917 June–July
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1917 August
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1917 September
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1917 October
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1917 November–December
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1918 January–February
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1918 March
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1918 April–May
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1918 September–October
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RFC/RAF War Diary. 1918 November–December
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RFC/RAF No. 1 Squadron. 1915-1916 Combats in Air reports.
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RFC/RAF No. 1 Squadron. 1917-1918 Combats in Air reports.
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RFC/RAF No. 2 Squadron. 1915-1916 Combats in Air reports.
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RFC/RAF No. 2 Squadron. 1917-1918 Combats in Air reports.
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RFC/RAF No. 41 Squadron. 1914-1918 Combats in Air reports.
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RFC/RAF No. 56 Squadron. 1914-1918 Combats in Air reports.
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RFC/RAF No. 65 Squadron. 1917-1918 Combats in Air reports.
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RAF No. 213 Squadron. 1914-1918 Squadron history.
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RAF No. 230 and 231 Squadron. 1914-1918 Squadron history.
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RNAS No. 1 Squadron. 1917-1918 Combats in Air reports.
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RNAS No. 3 Squadron. 1917 March–April Combats in Air reports.
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RNAS No. 6 Squadron. 1917-1918 Daily Reports of Operations.
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RNAS No. 6 Squadron. 1917 June Fortnightly Summary of Work.
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RNAS No. 6 Squadron. 1917-1918 Squadron Record Book.
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RNAS No. 6 Squadron. 1918 March–October Combats in Air reports.
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RNAS No. 9 Squadron. 1914-1918 Combats in Air reports.
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RNAS No. 10 Squadron. 1914-1918 Combats in Air reports.
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Series III. World War I German Aviation |
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Jasta 1. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta Boelcke No.2. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 3. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 4. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 6. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 7. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 8. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 10. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 11. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 12. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 13. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 14. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 15. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 16b. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 16 and 23. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 17. Notes.
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Jasta 18. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 19, 20, and 21. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 22. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 23b, 24, and 25. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 26, 27, and 28. 1914-1918 Notes.
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Jasta 13. 1917-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 15. 1917-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 24. 1917-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 26. 1914-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 27. 1914-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 28w. 1914-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 29. 1914-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 32b. 1914-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 34b. 1914-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 36. 1914-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 36b. 1914-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 37. 1914-1918 Victory list.
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Jasta 1. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-34-PB1.
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Kaghol 2. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-35-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. 3. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-36-PB1.
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Jasta 2. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-37-PB1 through 4RM-6-37-PB4.
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Jasta 4. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-38-PB1 through 4RM-6-38-PB3.
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Jasta 5. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-39-PB1 through 4RM-6-39-PB2.
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Jasta 7. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-40-PB1.
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Jasta 8. 1914 Image number 4RM-6-41-PB1.
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Jasta 9. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-42-PB1 through 4RM-6-42-PB2.
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Jasta 10. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-43-PB1 through 4RM-6-43-PB2.
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Jasta 11. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-44-PB1 through 4RM-6-44-PB2.
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Jasta 12. 1917-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-45-PB1 through 4RM-6-45-PB2.
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Fl. Abt. 14. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-46-PB1 through 4RM-6-46-PB3.
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Fl. Abt. 16. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-47-PB1 through 4RM-6-47-PB7.
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Fl. Abt. 17. 1914-1917 Image number 4RM-6-48-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. 21. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-49-PB1 through 4RM-6-49-PB3.
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Jasta 22. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-50-PB1 through 4RM-6-50-PB7.
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Fl. Abt. 23. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-51-PB1 through 4RM-6-51-PB9.
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Jasta 26. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-52-PB1.
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Jasta 27. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-53-PB1 through 4RM-6-53-PB2.
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Fl. Abt. 27. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-54-PB1 through 4RM-6-54-PB2.
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Jasta 28. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-55-PB1 through 4RM-6-55-PB2.
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Jasta 29. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-56-PB1 through 4RM-6-56-PB13.
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Jasta 34. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-57-PB1.
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Jasta 36. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-58-PB1 through 4RM-6-58-PB2.
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Fl. Abt. 36. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-59-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. 40. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-60-PB1.
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Jasta 49. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-61-PB1 through 4RM-6-61-PB4.
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Jasta 56. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-62-PB1 through 4RM-6-62-PB5.
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Fl. Abt. A212. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-63-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. A224. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-64-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. A234. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-65-PB1 through 4RM-6-65-PB2.
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Fl. Abt. A238. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-66-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. A243. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-67-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. A245. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-68-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. A255. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-69-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. 212. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-70-PB1 through 4RM-6-70-PB2.
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Fl. Abt. 224. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-71-PB1 through 4RM-6-71-PB2.
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Fl. Abt. 260. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-72-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. 301. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-73-PB1.
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Fl. Abt. 304. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-74-PB1.
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Albatros. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-75-PB1 through 4RM-6-75-PB10.
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DFW. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-76-PB1 through 4RM-6-76-PB14.
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Euler. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-77-PB1.
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Fokker. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-78-PB1 through 4RM-6-78-PB34.
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Kondor. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-79-PB1.
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LVG. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-80-PB1.
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Roland. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-81-PB1.
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Rumpler. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-6-82-PB1.
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Göring. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-83-PB1 through 4RM-6-83-PB3.
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Richthofen. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-84-PB1 through 4RM-6-84-PB3.
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People. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-6-85-PB1 through 4RM-6-85-PB15.
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Series IV. Photographs: World War I British and American Aviation |
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RFC/RAF No. 20 Squadron. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-7-1-PB1.
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RFC/RAF No. 23 Squadron - Holleran Album. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-2-PB1 through 4RM-7-2-PB204.
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RFC/RAF No. 41 Squadron - Claxton Album. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-3-PB1 through 4RM-7-3-PB71.
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RFC/RAF No. 56 Squadron. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-7-4-PB1.
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RFC/RAF No. 58 Squadron. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-5-PB1 through 4RM-7-5-PB10.
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RFC/RAF No. 65 Squadron. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-6-PB1 through 4RM-7-6-PB38.
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RFC/RAF No. 73 Squadron. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-7-PB1 through 4RM-7-7-PB4.
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RFC/RAF No. 84 Squadron. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-8-PB1 through 4RM-7-8-PB16.
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RFC/RAF No. 99 Squadron. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-7-9-PB1.
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RNAS No. 205 Squadron. 1914-1918 Image number 4RM-7-10-PB1.
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RNAS No. 207 Squadron. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-11-PB1 through 4RM-7-11-PB3.
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Gillet Album UK. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-12-PB1 through 4RM-7-12-PB28.
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Lussier Album UK. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-13-PB1 through 4RM-7-13-PB9.
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People British. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-14-PB1 through 4RM-7-14-PB119.
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USAS 213 Aero Squadron - Fred Sargent Album. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-15-PB1 through 4RM-7-15-PB70.
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USAS William Hagen Album. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-16-PB1 through 4RM-7-16-PB13.
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RFC/RAF Robert M. Herbert Album UK. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-17-PB1 through 4RM-7-17-PB2.
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USAS Kullberg Album. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-18-PB1 through 4RM-7-18-PB80.
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USAS Ronald Ritter Album. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-19-PB1 through 4RM-7-19-NB21.
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People American. 1914-1918 Image numbers 4RM-7-20-PB1 through 4RM-7-20-PB2.
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