billymitchell

William Lendrum "Billy" Mitchell (December 29, 1879 – February 19, 1936) was a United States Army general who is regarded as the father of the United States Air Force. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mitchell

The original caption is "WM." (= William), not "W.M."

Different number, but probably same as this one in Catalogue of official A.E.F. photographs (1919) 49477. Brig. Gen. William Mitchell beside German plane. Coblenz. Rhenish Prussia, Germany. December 30, 1918. archive.org/stream/cu31924027944598#page/n529/mode/2up

Interesting, the officer on the left appears to be wearing spurs. Appears to be a British(?) Unifor, and riding crop or swagger stick in hand.

I like the commons and particularly the pictures that show vintage airplaines! Here we see a man (right) who resembles Sebastian Schweinsteiger - a world class football (not soccer, football, football was invented in England and soccer is the wrong word for it - in England they say "Football" and not soccer!!!) player of FC Bayern München! I wish so much that he scores often enough in the upcoming world championship (football!) so that Germany will be the world football champion.

I enjoy this !!

The person to the left in uniform is Billy Mitchell. See the image at this link--he is on the right: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mitchell#mediaviewer/File:Col...

This is a painting/illustration of General Billy Mitchell by artist Peter Hurd (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hurd).
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Oddly enough, the original illustration features the silhouette of the Convair B-58 Hustler in the sky, which makes sense considering Mitchell's role in the promotion of air power and the potential of aerial bombing. Here, it seems the Hustler silhouette is still there, but now almost completely covered over by an illustration of a Space Shuttle.