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France

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents

Various views of France including civilians and war damage.

Dates: 1917-1919; Acquisition: 04/09/2004
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Walter J. Binder Papers

Postcards

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 2
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists primarily of photographs that Walter J. Binder took or acquired while serving in WWI. Binder served with the 487th Aero Squadron of the Army Air Service, Allied Expeditionary Forces. Printed material is comprised of official forms of enlistment and discharge as well as notes on postcards and the backs of photographs. Some photographs are captioned (presumably by Binder) but otherwise there is little to identify the location or contents of photographs. All other...
Dates: 1917-1919; Acquisition: 04/09/2004
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Walter J. Binder Papers

Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France

 File — Box: 1, Folder: 3
Identifier: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists primarily of photographs that Walter J. Binder took or acquired while serving in WWI. Binder served with the 487th Aero Squadron of the Army Air Service, Allied Expeditionary Forces. Printed material is comprised of official forms of enlistment and discharge as well as notes on postcards and the backs of photographs. Some photographs are captioned (presumably by Binder) but otherwise there is little to identify the location or contents of photographs. All other...
Dates: 1917-1919; Acquisition: 04/09/2004
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Walter J. Binder Papers

Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France, 1918

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 2
Identifier: 48
Scope and Contents

DH-4 with pilot Lt. H.C. Boricon (one of the first pilots at the Production Center to fly the DH-4 with a Liberty motor) and an unidentified US soldier or pilot posed in front of the right-hand wings.

Dates: 1918
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Walter J. Binder Papers / Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France

Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France, 1918

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 3
Identifier: 49
Scope and Contents

Four wing sections of a DH-4 partially in shipping crate

Dates: 1918
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Walter J. Binder Papers / Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France

Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France, 1918

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 4
Identifier: 50
Scope and Contents

DH-4 assembled fuselage without wings or tail section, crew apparently engaged in fine tuning landing struts

Dates: 1918
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Walter J. Binder Papers / Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France

Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France, 1918

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 6
Identifier: 52
Scope and Contents

US soldiers assembling the fuselages of a DH-4 in the Production Center. This view is showing the method of aligning the ship.

Dates: 1918
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Walter J. Binder Papers / Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France

Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France, 1918

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 7
Identifier: 53
Scope and Contents

US soldiers work on engine and props for DH-4 in the Production Center. This view shows the motor assembly operation.

Dates: 1918
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Walter J. Binder Papers / Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France

Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France, 1918

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 8
Identifier: 54
Scope and Contents

DH-4 "I am Ship No. 1000" upon assembly in France (probably on Flying Field No. 1 at the Air Service Production Center No. 2, Romorantin, France. See a published photograph of this aircraft's fuselage in America prior to shipment see: The Official Picto

Dates: 1918
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Walter J. Binder Papers / Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France

Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France, 1918

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 3, item: 9
Identifier: 55
Scope and Contents

DH-4 taking off. The caption in Gorrell's History of the AEF Air Service... says "Trial Flight"

Dates: 1918
Found in: Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives / Walter J. Binder Papers / Air Service Production Center No. 2; Romorantin, France

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