DW Image # 76: De Havilland DH-4 with military markings, weapons, and equipment, in open field, circa 1918

De Havilland DH-4 with military equipment and weapons at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The photograph shows a De Havilland DH-4 with military markings, weapons and equipment at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company, circa 1918. The aircraft is sitting in an open field. Navigation lights and flare dispensers are visible on the wings as well as Mark V release mechanisms for bombs. The landing gear has two generators attached to provide electricity for the lights, communication lines, flares, and heated suits. The Aldis sight is visible at the pilots cockpit but the twin Marlin guns are missing. Twin Lewis guns appear to be mounted on the Scarff ring in the second cockpit and they are covered. The tail number of the aircraft is 40044. In the background residential buildings are visible.