Rare! Us Marine Corps Marine Aircraft Group 11 Bomber Quantico Va 1925 Photo
MARINE CORPS AVIATION ” FIRST AIRCRAFT GROUP ” – ” MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP 11 ” – MARTIN BOMBER QUANTICO VA. MARINE CORPS AVIATION ” FIRST AIRCRAFT GROUP ” – ” MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP 11 ” MARTIN BOMBER QUANTICO VA. MARINE AVIATION MECHANIC IN HIS JUMP SUIT WITH AN EGA ON HIS VISOR STANDS BY A U. MARINE CORPS AVIATION MARTIN PROTOTYPE BOMBER IN 1925, AT U. MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO VIRGINIA. THE BOMBER SITS ON THE AIRFIELD WITH THE U. MILITARY AIRCRAFT “1917 1921-41 STAR ROUNDEL” UNDER THE LOWER LEFT WING ALONG WITH THE PLANES REGISTRATION NUMBER “35” UNDER ITS LOWER RIGHT WING. LETTERED ON THE FRONT FUSELAGE IN WHITE. ALONG WITH A PARTIALLY VISIBLE (BECAUSE RED AND BLACK IN B&W PHOTOGRAPHY BOTH SHOW UP AS BLACK MAKING IT A LITTLE HARD TO DISCERN) A LARGE SET OF RED WINGS WITH A LARGE. 1917 1921-41 STAR ROUNDEL. BETWEEN THE WINGS AND OVERPRINTED WITH THE LETTERS IN BLACK ” F A G ” FOR F IRST A IRCRAFT G ROUP. Marine Aircraft Group 11. Although commissioned at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on 1 August 1941, as the Marine Corps. Roup, elements of the organization that would eventually support its mission actually existed as early as 1 December 1921 there. Together, these ancestral units were collectively designated as Aircraft Squadron, East Coast Expeditionary Force. HAND OPAQUED IN UPPER LEFT HAND NEGATIVE. DIMENSIONS: 3 3/4″ x 4 11/16″. VERY SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. ARCHIVE PENNED ID’d ON THE LOWER REVERSE IN THE MID 20th CENTURY. MARTIN BOMBER (CURTIS ENGINES). THIS IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRODUCTION.