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DH 4 (Bomber)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Wilbur F. H. Bigelow, Sr., Dayton Wright Company Collection (SC-347)

 Collection
Identifier: SC-347
Scope and Contents Wilbur F. H. Bigelow, Sr., was a foreman in the Mill department of Dayton-Wright Airplane Company factory at Moraine (Plant 1), during World War I. The collection consists primarily of 28 photographs, most of which relate to Bigelow’s work at the factory, including DH-4 aircraft, employees and factory scenes, air demonstration shows, and aerial photographs captured during a test flight. Photos unrelated to Dayton-Wright Airplane include: one photo depicts the Wright Brothers’ Homecoming in...
Dates: 1909-1941; Majority of material found within 1917-1919

Dayton-Wright Airplane Company Photographs

 Collection
Identifier: MS-152
Abstract

The collection contains 156 large format glass plate negatives and 63 nitrate negatives depicting factory workers, interior and exterior plant views, airplane assembly, and completed airplanes from a Dayton manufacturer of World War I aircraft.

Dates: 1918-1922; Majority of material found in 1918