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unusual facts about Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps



Arthur L. Welsh

He died in a crash on June 11, 1912, while flying with Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst, Jr. at the United States Army Aviation School in College Park, Maryland on a Wright Model C that had recently been purchased by the Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps.

Engineering Division

The Engineering Division was a division of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps in the United States Department of War.

James DeHart

As a lieutenant in the Aviation Section, he coached a service team at Mather Field.

Military aircraft insignia

The initial US Army Signal Corps aviation insignia used during the Pancho Villa punitive expedition just before American involvement in World War I began, used on the vertical tail and wings was a red five-pointed star similar to that of the later Soviet Union, without a red or white outline border.

Pomilio FVL-8

The Pomilio FVL-8 was a biplane fighter aircraft built by Fabbrica Aeroplani Ing. O. Pomilio for Engineering Division of the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps.


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