Floyd Wilmer Coffman's life was changed by and he found new purpose in his wartime experience between 1917 and 1919. Wilmer, as he was known, hailed from the hamlet of East Point in Rockingham County, Virginia, where he was born on September 14,…
Caption below image reads "B1 - 16th Photo Sec. ~ 1st Aero. Sqdn." Image shows an airfield with several buildings, motor vehicles, people, and a blimp.
Inscription on trophy reads "First Prize won by first aero Squadron and 16th Photo Section III. ARMY CORPS, Pilot 2nd Lieut. Ives Calhoun, A, Observer 1st Lieut Veech T. Baird." Image shows First Prize trophy.
Caption below image reads "16th Photographic Section 2nd Day Bombardment Group." Image shows the 16th Photo Section posing for an photograph. First row of men each have their cameras in their laps.
Caption below image reads "U.S. - 3AC- 1st Aero SQDN-B9-Pontoon Bridge Across Rhine Honnigen-308th ENGS-5/10/19-14h-200m-26cm-16th Photo Sec." Image shows a Pontoon Bridge across the Rhine River in the city of Bad Honningen.
Caption below image reads "Airplane View of a section of Weissenthrum, Germany. 1st Air squadron, 16th and 5th Aerial Photograph Sections, and a motor truck company were housed in this town after the armistice until July 14, 1919." Image shows a…
Caption below image reads "Another view of Weissenthrum." Image shows an aerial view of Weissenthrum looking east. The Rhine river is visible as is the Staint Trinity Parish Church and the Monument General Hoche.
Image shows 2 De Havilland DH-4 airplanes flying with one in full view of the camera and the second partially captured. The wing of the airplane the photograph is shot from is visible as well.
Caption below image reads "U.S. - 3AC- 1st Aero SQDN-A 129-Salmson Observation Plane in Flight-6/10/19-16th Photo Sec." Image shows a single Salmson 2 airplane in flight with the second seat gun pointing up.
Caption below image reads "U.S. - 3AC- 1st Aero SQDN-A 133-Salmson Observation Plane in Flight-6/10/19-16th Photo Sec." Image shows a single Salmson 2 airplane in flight with the pilot looking at the photographer.
Image is an aerial photograph of a few roads with one lined with trees, some fields, and a town in the bottom right next to a river. The photograph is partially ripped in the bottom right.