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a brown book with gold lettering on it sitting on a white surfacean old black and white photo of a group of men in military uniformsa black and white photo of a group of men in front of a planean old black and white photo of a man in a kitchenmany tables and chairs in a large room with a lot of windowstwo old black and white photos of a man holding a baseball batan old black and white photo of three men standing in front of a tentan old black and white photo of a man standing in front of a tentblack and white photo of two men working on an airplaneseveral people sitting in a field next to an old airplanea black and white photo of a group of tents in a fieldtwo men in the kitchen preparing food on the stovea black and white photo of an old photo of an airplanetwo old black and white photos of men in military uniformsan old black and white photo of a man in a military uniformtwo old black and white photos of a man in a military uniformtwo old black and white photos of a man in a military uniform and a man in a pilot ' s uniformtwo black and white photos of a man in a military uniformtwo old black and white photos of a man wearing a hatthree old black and white photos of men in military uniformstwo old black and white photos of a man and a woman and a manseveral old black and white photos of men standing in a fieldseveral old black and white photos of men standing around an airplanean old black and white photo of a man sitting in a cara black and white photo of an airplane flying over a rivertwo old black and white photos of a man in a military uniformtwo old black and white photos of a man in a fieldseveral old black and white photos of a man in a fieldseveral old black and white photos of men standing in front of a buildingan old black and white photo of a man looking out of an airplane windowan old black and white photo of a man in uniform and a woman in a dress shirttwo old black and white photos of a man in a military uniform
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22 - Anonymous photo album, 106th Observation Squadron, United St…
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Estimate €100 - €150
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Anonymous photo album, 106th Observation Squadron, United States (53 original photographs) This album depicts the daily life and various aspects of the 106th Observation Squadron, flying O-47s, during manoeuvres in Louisiana in 1940, before the USA entered the war. Some of the photographs are dated 18 August 1940 and were taken in Natchitoches, Louisiana. The O-47 aircraft was somewhat obsolete by this time, but it enabled the American forces to train whilst awaiting new, far more capable aircraft. Photographs from this period of the war are relatively rare, particularly from the American side, which was at the time pursuing an isolationist policy in order to stay out of the global conflict. In August 1940, we were still more than a year away from the attack on the American fleet at Pearl Harbour, which would lead to the USA entering the war. This album shows the accommodation conditions for the squadron’s members, in a gymnasium or in tents, and includes a gallery of portraits of airmen and their early equipment, notably the famous ‘pith helmet’ designed for tropical zones. (Grégory Pons Collection)
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About the sale Sale of the Grégory Pons collection and miscellaneous items (Aviation and WW2 Militaria)
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Auction time 11/14/2026 at 1:30 PM
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