• Side view of a yellow painted flare pistol.
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    This is an example of a World War I 25mm caliber Mark IV Very pistol used by the United States Army Air Service. The pistol is a direct copy of a French army design and was made by Scott Fetzer Machine Co. of Cleveland Ohio.

  • Side view of a yellow painted flare pistol.

Created:

November 20, 2018

Photographer:

Mark Avino

ID#:

NASM2018-03275

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Smithsonian's National Air and Space Museum

Owner:

Smithsonian Institution

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Public Domain

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