WWI Fighter Pilot Pictures

[alfsauve]

Dipisc,

Actually Dad and his relatives were Canadian, so Wright-Pat might not be the place.

I've sent the off to the Great War Association.  They have a Canadian contingent who may be able to place the pictures by comparing them with others.   

[tombogan03884]

Alf, Try the British since Canada was still a "Colony" during WWI
Here's the best info I can find on the Imperial war Museum

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_War_Museum

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Imperial-War-Museum/110336172328183?sk=info

[blackwolfe]

WOW!  Thank you for sharing.

[alfsauve]

Okay history buffs.   I added about 30 more pictures.  I wasn't holding back.  I just found more pages from the album.  It's in bad shape.

I'm not going to take up space here, you'll have to go to my Picasa album to see them

There are pictures of the King and Queen visiting the front!  Also a mention of Jack.  I'm wondering if that was a friend of the photographer named Jack, or was it General "Black Jack" Pershing?  Somehow I doubt if a Canadian flyer would refer to an American General as "Jack" even in a photo.  But then Black Jack was head of the US AEF.  But would the King and Queen, of Great Britian, be visiting with Pershing?  Somehow it doesn't jive, but there are two people in the picture who seem to favor Pershing in appearance. 

https://picasaweb.google.com/Alf.Sauve/WWITheGreatWar?authuser=0&feat=directlink

[Pathfinder]

Picture #11 is definitely Gen. Pershing with the Queen. He was the AEF commander, and everyone recognized that the entry of the US swung the balance to the allies in a big way. So I see nothing unusual about the Brits Royalty wanting to meet him on a tour of the front.

That said, these are awesome photos. You have them scanned, make them available to a number of groups on a DVD. They are too good to lose.

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[alfsauve]

That does make sense Path, that the K&Q would honor the AES by visiting Pershing.  However, I guess whomever wrote the name down in the album wrote "Jack" for brevity.  Maybe all the allied soldiers/airmen called him that routinely (behind his back of course).  I think I would have written "Pershing" myself.

Making a DVD is a good idea, when time permits.