DescriptionThe Night Hawk’s Roost (16916087145).jpg
English: A Curtiss R-2 of the US Army Air Service - Title: The Night Hawk’s Roost
Creator: Unknown
Date: ca. June-October 1918
Part Of: http://digitalcollections.smu.edu/cdm/search/collection/eaa!nam!tex!wes/searchterm/Ag1985.0379/field/all/mode/exact/conn/and/order/upload
Place: Park Place (now William P. Hobby Airport), Houston, Texas
Description: This plane piloted by Louis H. Gertson (1887–1942) experienced an engine failure and he was forced to land during training at the Second Provisional Wing of the Air Service in Park Place, Texas. Source: Overseas Dreams, 1919, Press of Gulfport Printing, Houston, TX, pp. 112-113.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print (postcard): gelatin silver; postcard 21 x 15 cm
File: ag1985_0379_19_airplane_opt.jpg
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