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unusual facts about observation plane



Goodfellow Air Force Base

On 14 September 1918, 1st Lieutenant John J. Goodfellow, Jr., of San Angelo, Texas, boarded his Salmson 2A2 observation plane at Gondreville Airfield in France to conduct visual reconnaissance behind enemy lines.


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Charles Donald Albury

On August 6, 1945, Albury witnessed the first atomic bombing of Hiroshima as pilot of the instrument observation plane, The Great Artiste, which accompanied the Enola Gay commanded by Tibbets.

Maxmillian Mare-Montembault

He scored his first victory on 15 September, when he burned a Roland observation plane at South Bapaume.