US MARINE CORPS PILOT LT COL ROY S GEIGER w/GREAT LAKES BG-1 DIVE BOMBER – NEWSWIRE PHOTO 1936. MARINE CORPS PILOT LT. GEIGER WITH HIS GREAT LAKES AIRCRAFT COMPANY BG-1 DIVE BOMBER MARKED ON ITS SIDE; AIRCRAFT ONE MARINE FORCE QUANTICO – NEWSWIRE PHOTO 1936. MARINE CORPS PILOT LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROY S. GEIGER WEARS HIS LEATHER BOMBER JACKET WITH A LARGE EGA ON HIS UPPER LEFT CHEST, A LEATHER FLIGHT CAP AND GOOGLES AS HE LEANS AGAINST HIS GREAT LAKES AIRCRAFT COMPANY BG-1 DIVE BOMBER MARKED ON ITS SIDE; AIRCRAFT ONE MARINE FORCE QUANTICO. Roy Geiger introduced airpower as a vital component of the global Fleet Marine Force in the 1930s. During World War I, he received the Navy Cross for his leadership in the First Marine Aviation Force. He held command positions in Haiti and the United States during the 1920s. ORIGINAL PERIOD NEWSWIRE SLUG ON THE REVERSE READS. WATCH YOUR CREDIT. , INTERNATIONAL NEWS PHOTO. TO COMMAND FLYING MARINES AT AIR SHOW QUANTICO, VA. ED BESIDE HIS PLANE, WHO WILL COMMAND THE UNITED STATES. MARINE CORPS DETACHMENT OF 45 PLANES AT THE FORTHCOMING. ANNUAL ALL- AMERICAN AIR COATS AIR DETACHMENT OF. MANEUVERS AT MIAMI, FLA. DECEMBER 10, 11 AND 72. THE DETACHMENT CONSISTS OF. BOMBING SQUADRON SIX-M; FIGHTING SQUARDON NINE-M. UTILITY SQUARDON SIX-M AND OBSERVATION SQUADRON SEVEN-M. SHARP FOCUS WITH VERY GOOD CONTRAST. 6 1/2″ x 8 7/16″. THIS IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRODUCTION.
US Naval Training Station Great Lakes 1920’s Cutter Champs Crew Rowing Photo. Original, vintage 1920’s photo measures 6″ x 9″ and pictures the United States Naval Training Station Great Lakes, Illinois crew rowing team after a contest on Lake Michigan where they became cutter champs. This photo is on heavyweight paper and is in very nice overall condition, with some light creases and small chips off the corners. The photo was carefully removed from a scrapbook and has some scrapbook paper remaining on the back as shown. This is a great early Navy rowing photo! This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\1919-38\Original Period Items”. The seller is “vintagediscovered” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, Korea, South, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Republic of, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam, Uruguay, Russian Federation.
- Photograph: Original
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- US Naval Training Station Great Lakes: Cutter
- Crew: Rowing
- State: Illinois
- Championship: Lake Michigan
- Vintage: Yes