DW Image # 132: De Havilland DH-4 in crate (Neg #42), circa 1918

Fuselage of the De Havilland DH-4 packed in a shipping crate at the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company. The photograph shows a De Havilland DH-4 that is packed in a shipping crate at a Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory, circa 1918. The aircraft has a Scarff ring attached and is secured in the shipping crate. Other parts of the aircraft are being packed in shipping crates and crates that are finished are visible to the right side of the image and one is labeled 32065. Tools, airplane parts, and other materials are visible throughout the photograph. In the background employees of Dayton-Wright work on a Standard J-1 training aircraft. The negative is titled "Dayton-Wright Airplane" and labeled 42.