Capt. W.C. Schauffler Jr. & Lt. F.A. Tillman

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Capt. W.C. Schauffler Jr. & Lt. F.A. Tillman

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Photograph shows Captain W.G. Schauffler, Jr. standing and Lieutenant Fred A. Tillman in the seat of a Ninetieth Aero Squadron (Pair-a-Dice" Squadron) airplane (Salmson 2A2). The gun on the airplane is a double Lewis machine gun. Photograph was taken in Bethelainville, Meuse, France on November 18, 1918 after World War I. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016)
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Caption from Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs, 1919: "Capt. W. C. Schauffler, Jr. (standing), and Lieut. Fred A. Tillman in observer's seat of one of Ninetieth Aero Squadron planes. Lieut. Tillman is son of late Senator Tillman. Plane shows insignia of squadron, called " Pair-a-Dice " Squadron. Gun is a double Lewis machine gun. Ninetieth Aero Squadron, Seventy-ninth Division. Bethelainville, Meuse, France. November 18, 1918."
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
General information about the George Grantham Bain Collection is available at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

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01/01/1918
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No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html

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