RARE WWI US AIR SERVICE SOPWITH CAMEL FIGHTER AIRMAN REAL PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC For Sale

RARE! WWI US AIR SERVICE SOPWITH CAMEL FIGHTER AIRMAN REAL PHOTO POSTCARD RPPCWWI US AIR SERVICE SOPWITH CAMEL FIGHTER AIRMAN. REAL PHOTO POSTCARD RPPC.
THIS IS A MUSEUM-QUALITY, AUTHENTIC ORIGINAL WORLD WAR I-ERA REAL PHOTO POSTCARD (RPPC) FEATURING AN EXCEPTIONAL CLOSE-UP VIEW OF AN AMERICAN AIRMAN WITH THE UNITED STATES AIR SERVICE (USAS).THE SUBJECT IS POSED DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE FORWARD FUSELAGE OF A LEGENDARY BRITISH-BUILT SOPWITH CAMEL F.1 FIGHTER AIRCRAFT, HEAVILY UTILIZED BY SELECT AMERICAN AERO SQUADRONS AND TRAINING UNITS DURING THE WAR.THE PHOTOGRAPHIC CLARITY IS OUTSTANDING, PROVIDING INCREDIBLE MECHANICAL DETAIL OF THE AIRCRAFT'S NOSE SECTION:

• A HIGHLY DETAILED VIEW OF THE ICONIC 9-CYLINDER, 130-HORSEPOWER CLERGET 9B AIR-COOLED ROTARY ENGINE, SHOWING DISTINCT DUAL-FINNED STEEL CYLINDERS AND CENTRAL HUB ASSEMBLY.
• A PRISTINE LAMINATED WOODEN PROPELLER MOUNTED DIRECTLY TO THE ROTARY ENGINE CASING.
• THE SIGNATURE CIRCULAR METAL SOPWITH COWLING, FEATURING A DISTINCT, PERIOD-STENCILED TACTICAL SQUADRON IDENTITY NUMBER "36"ON THE UPPER PORT SIDE.

• WORLD WAR I (CIRCA 1917-1918)
• REAL PHOTO POSTCARD (RPPC) / SILVER GELATIN PRINT
• UNITED STATES AIR SERVICE (USAS) / AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES (AEF)
• SOPWITH CAMEL F.1 FIGHTER
• CLERGET 9B ROTARY ENGINE
• SQUADRON NUMBER "36" STENCILED ON NOSE COWL
• EXCELLENT PHOTOGRAPHIC CONTRAST, SHARP FOCUS ON MECHANICAL DETAILS, AND EXPECTED MINOR AGE-APPROPRIATE EDGE WEAR ON THE CARD STOCK. NO TEARS OR CREASES.

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