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Keystone View Company Bridgnet Michelin Bombarding Airplane Ready to Ascend, France.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.156 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard ; 8.7 x 17.7 cm. Order a Copy

Side view of a French Michelin bombarding plane about to ascend. There is a pilot in the cockpit, and several soldiers are seen pushing the lower part of the wing forward.

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