MIAMI FL~1918 MARINE FLYING FIELD ~ NAVY AIRPLANES & TENTS ~ PHOTO

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You are bidding on an old ORIGINAL 1900's photo
Please note This is NOT a REPRODUCTION -- it is an ORIGINAL Photo
Size: 8 1/2 x 6 1/2 inches
This one is a photo of The Camp at  Marine Flying Field, Miami Florida in December 1918  (old Curtiss Flying Field - renamed in April 1918)
RARE HISTORICAL COLLECTIBLE PHOTO    (2nd Photo is CLOSE UP) photo has tiny tape strips on edges...
condition: see attached photo
I have an album filled with old photos and U.S. Marine Corp. Orders and correspondence dating from 1918 and 1919.....pertaining to an Air Pilot by the name of Douglas Manning ... I believe this is the gentleman :
Birth:
Jul. 13, 1892
Jackson
Hinds County
Mississippi, USA
Death:
May 14, 1920
St. Bernard Parish
Louisiana, USA
2nd Lieut. D. Manning, USMCR, was designated Naval Aviator #870 in 1918. Released from active service in 1919.
Died as result of a seaplane accident into Lake Borgne (drowned). No recovery of body was possible.
Married the former Miss Rowena W. Reynolds.
In July of 1917 Douglass Manning was one of a few Civil Aviation Instructors to report for duty at Wilbur Wright aviation field (Dayton Ohio) to train Aviators to fight against the Germans. "Five Standard and Two Curtiss machines have been assembled and with the mechanicians daily getting more of the planes in tune the spectacle of the flyers sailing over the city to and from the grounds will become a common one".
I will be listing other photos from this album over time - I would greatly appreciate any information anyone might have about 2nd Lieut. Douglass Manning.....many thanks !
This one shows what I believe to be an Aeromarine Airwasy Seaplane --
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