Worker Sitting Beside Airplane Wing at the Fisher Body Plant, November 4, 1918
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When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the country had a shortage of combat-ready aircraft. U.S. officials contracted with several manufacturers to build a variant of the British de Havilland DH-4 bomber. Fisher Body Corporation produced 1,600 of these "Liberty Planes." The DH-4 was the only American-built airplane flown in combat during the war.
When the United States entered World War I in April 1917, the country had a shortage of combat-ready aircraft. U.S. officials contracted with several manufacturers to build a variant of the British de Havilland DH-4 bomber. Fisher Body Corporation produced 1,600 of these "Liberty Planes." The DH-4 was the only American-built airplane flown in combat during the war.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
05 November 1918
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.833.P.23556
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Linen (Material)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 7.5 in
Width: 10.875 in
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