Twin Lewis guns mounted on the Scarff ring of a De Havilland DH-4 inside a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory
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The photograph shows twin Lewis guns mounted on the Scarff ring of a De Havilland DH-4 at a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory. Inside the second cockpit extra cases of ammunition for the Lewis guns is stacked on a shelf. The electrical wiring and control box used to heat the clothes and guns of the person in that cockpit is visible. A navigation light is seen behind the cockpit. A small enclosed area separates the De Havilland DH-4 from the employees of the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company working in the background. A United States flag hangs from the rafters and the post near the enclosed area is marked with 86. The negative is labeled 100.
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Photographer:
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The Dayton-Wright Airplane Company
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Date:
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ca. 1918 |
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