Biplane designed to carry "pusher gun"

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Biplane designed to carry "pusher gun"
Description:
Machine gun-carrying biplane on shore of Lake Saint Clair. Handwritten on stock back: "Ready for its tests on the ice of Lake St. Clair. Dan McGee was to pilot this test and on the first flight he lost his head and landed it in the water instead of the ice wrecking the machine completely Jan. 1917. From the Corwin Van Husan scrapbook."
Details
Resource ID:
DPA1768
Subject:
Airplanes, Military--Armament--Michigan--Saint Clair County
Machine guns--Michigan--Saint Clair County
Saint Clair, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)
Antique and classic aircraft--Michigan--Saint Clair County
Albumen prints
Photographic prints
Date Issued:
1917-01
Format:
1 photographic print mounted on stock ; image 8 x 10.25 in.
Member of:
Burton Historical Collection
Filing Location:
D/Airplanes
Note (Content):
Another view in DPA1767 and DPA1769
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.