Captain Chandler holding Lewis machine gun in Wright Model B Flyer

Creator

MacCartee, College Park

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Item Identifier Number

ms1_19_12_11

Creation Date

6-9-1912

Collection

MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection

Description

Captain Charles de Forest Chandler seated in the passenger seat of a Wright Model B Flyer holding a Lewis machine gun. Lt. Roy C. Kirtland is in the pilot seat. Capt. Chandler fired the machine from a Wright Model B Flyer in flight on June 7 and 8, 1912 with Lt. Thomas DeW. Milling piloting the airplane. This was the first firing of a machine gun from an airplane in flight.

Publisher Repository

Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries

Digital Publisher

Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries

Document Type

Image

Media Type

Photographic print, black and white

Permissions

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Date Digital

3-4-2003

Digitization Specification

AGFA DuoScan T2000XL

Spatial Coverage

College Park, Maryland