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NH 2275 Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Florida

Photo #: NH 2275 Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Florida
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Title: Naval Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Florida
Description: Photograph dated March 1914, showing the south-western waterfront, aircraft launching ramps and tent hangars. The western wharf and Building # 27-B are in the background. Aircraft present wear single-letter designators (superseded by two-letter designators on 27 March 1914). They are (from front to back): Curtiss flying boat, C-type; Curtiss hydroaeroplane A-3 (later AH-3); Curtiss flying boat, C-2 (later AB-2); Curtiss flying boat, C-type; Wright hydroaeroplane B-3 (later AH-6); Curtiss flying boat, C-type; Curtiss OWL amphibian E-1 (later AX-1); and Curtiss hydroaeroplane, A-type. Tails of A-3, C-2 and and B-3 are marked USN. E-1's tail is marked USMC. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 2275
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