Captain Chandler holding Lewis machine gun in Wright Model B Flyer.
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| Title: | Captain Chandler holding Lewis machine gun in Wright Model B Flyer. |
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| 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. |
| Bookmark: | http://hdl.handle.net/2374.WSU/2587 |
| Date: | June 9, 1912 |
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