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A photo of a biplane in a field with "U-Ten" painted on its side in large lettering. Two people in flying attire can be seen by its nose and a tent can be seen on the lefthand side, off in the distance.

Captured Fokker D.VII "U.10"

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A young man sits in his aircraft, with only his shoulders and head visible. He faces the camera with a slight smile. Attached to his aircraft and visible at the top right of the frame is a machine gun.

British Ace Major James McCudden

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A biplane with large floats for landing gear glides across the surface of the water. An oblong bomb with tail fins glides just below it, having just been released from the aircraft.

British Short Type 320 Seaplane Dropping a Bomb, 1918

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A side view of a biplane on the ground with a person sitting in the cockpit and another person standing on its nose holding a machine gun. Multiple people can be seen standing by the tail of the airplane.

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b "Gold Coast No.10", ca. 1916-1917

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Head on view of a biplane in the air, just below an airship. The underside of the airship and the airship's central engine car is seen at top.

Sopwith Camel Being Dropped from an Airship, 1918

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A biplane seen from the side. A pilot sits in a seat at the nose of the plane, positioned in front of a gun. In between the nose and the main fuselage of the main is the aircraft's propellor.

SPAD S.A-2 aircraft, ca. 1915

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A sepia toned photograph with two objects in frame in the sky in the distance. The object on the left is much smaller and shaped like an airplane. It is pointed in the direction of the object on the right with streaks of exhaust flowing from behind it. The object on the right is a cylindrical balloon with one side beginning to deflate. It appears to be falling to the ground.

Attack on German Observation Balloon in Verdun, ca. 1917-1918

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A man in heavy flying clothes with a leather helmet and goggles poses in front in an aircraft with ah checkered design on its surface. He has a tube in his mouth that is attached to a canister that is hanging off of his plane.

German World War I Pilot Demonstrating a Liquid-Oxygen Breathing System

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A painting featuring two aircraft on the surface of the water, the one of the right appears to be sinking. A pilot stands on the left pane with his hand outstretched to the pilot in the plane on the right.

“An Air Rescue,” by Harry Everett Townsend

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A mask made of brown fabric, with a metal nosepiece and elastic strap. The mask is roughly the size needed to cover someone's mouth and nose.

Mask, Oxygen, Dreyer, Royal Flying Corps

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The firetruck is a striking, bright lime green, with no visible markings.

T-3000 Foam Truck-Foam 331