Gorrell's History - AEF Air Service
Records: 77,457 · Complete: 100%
In the first World War, aircraft were first introduced to the battlefield. Recognizing the significance, Maj Gen Mason Patrick, Chief of the Air Service, instructed Col Edgar S Gorrell, Assistant Chief of Staff of the Air Service, to gather all information that would "assist in establishing Army aeronautics on a sound basis for the future." Volume titles appear under each series in the browse menu. A table of contents is available on the description page for this publication.
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WWI airplane
Description of an air battle over France
Stitched aerial photographs of Ourches Airdrome
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Source Information
"Gorrell's History of the American Expeditionary Forces Air Service, 1917-1919" database with images Fold3 (https://www.fold3.com/publication/80/gorrells-history-aef-air-service: accessed May 19, 2022)
- Publication Title
- Gorrell's History - AEF Air Service
- Total Records
- 77,457 · Complete: 100%
- Content Source
- Publication Number
- M990
- Record Group
- 120
- Published on Fold3
- 19 Jun 2007
- Last Updated
- 19 Nov 2013
- Description
- NARA M990. Historical narratives, reports, photographs, and other records that document administrative, technical, and tactical activities of the Air Service in the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I.
