Description: ORIGINAL! RARE! U.S. MARINE CORPS AVIATION " FIRST AIRCRAFT GROUP " - " MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP 11 " - MARTIN BOMBER QUANTICO VA. 1925 PHOTO RARE! U.S. MARINE CORPS AVIATION " FIRST AIRCRAFT GROUP " - " MARINE AIRCRAFT GROUP 11 " MARTIN BOMBER QUANTICO VA. 1925 PHOTO. RARE! A U.S.MARINE AVIATION MECHANIC IN HIS JUMP SUIT WITH AN EGA ON HIS VISOR STANDS BY A U.S. MARINE CORPS AVIATION MARTIN PROTOTYPE BOMBER IN 1925 , AT U.S. MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO VIRGINIA. THE BOMBER SITS ON THE AIRFIELD WITH THE U.S. 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; U.S.MARINE CORPS, QUANTICO. VA. 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 FIRST AIRCRAFT GROUP " Early history of " Marine Aircraft Group 11 " ; Although commissioned at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on 1 August 1941, as the Marine Corps' First Aircraft Group, 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: QN 487-10-25 CONDITION IS EXTREMELY FINE WITH SOME VERY LIGHT HANDLING FROM ITS 99+ YEARS. 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) (please see pictures) THIS IS NOT A COPY OR A REPRODUCTION PLEASE SEE MY 100% POSITIVE FEEDBACK AND BUY WITH CONFIDENCE.
Price: 120 USD
Location: New York, New York
End Time: 2024-12-30T00:01:49.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Conflict: WW I (1914-18)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Region of Origin: United States
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
