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Reviewing a passage written by John Jay Schieffelin in Yale in the World War, Part One, by George Henry Nettleton (1925) (ISBN 076619695X, 9780766196957), entitled "The Second Yale Naval Unit," (Page 449), and comparing the names to The Yale Banner and Pot Pourri for 1915-1916, Edited by Russel Healey Lucas, Charles Rumford Walker, Jr., and Nelson Marion Way (1916), the names of those in the photograph are James Sanford Otis (presumably "Shorty Otis"), Edward deCernea, and John Jay Schieffelin. A chapter describing the performance of "The Second Yale Unit" authored by now-retired Rear Admiral John J. Schieffelin (USNR) was published in the book Naval Aviation In World War I, by Adrian O. Van Wyen (Historian, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations - Air) and the Editors of Naval Aviation News (1969). Link to the cover and the Table of Contents of the book: www.history.navy.mil/download/ww1-01.pdf Link to the chapter "The Second Yale Unit" by RAdm. John J. Schieffelin (Ret. USNR) that begins on Page 56 of the book: www.history.navy.mil/download/ww1-01.pdf Link to Yale in the World War, Part One, by George Henry Nettleton (1925) (ISBN 076619695X, 9780766196957): books.google.com/books?id=a7gIX6_9DX4C&pg=PA450&d... Link to The Yale Banner and Pot Pourri for 1915-1916, Edited by Russel Healey Lucas, Charles Rumford Walker, Jr., and Nelson Marion Way (1916): books.google.com/books?id=JC3OAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA449&l...

I know the book page is the correct way up, but it would be nice if illustrations that are meant to be viewed by turning the book onto it's side were rotated to avail correct viewing here on Flickr.

Thanks for the message. We are trying yo go through and rotate them as people spot them, but as you point out this is how they came out of digitisation so, for now at least, many of the images will appear the wrong way around here - James

Thanks James. Might I suggest ask the public to help, if they add a tag "rotate left" or "rotate right" you can then easily do a bulk change of all the affected images that are so tagged, and delete the tags afterwards.

Great idea. Would you mind suggesting that on the wiki? blpublicdomain.wikispaces.com/ - James

This is a Brewster B-339B Buffalo (export version of the Brewster F2A Buffalo) initially destined for the Belgian Air Force (wearing US civil registration NX56B and Belgian Air Force markings during pre-delivery testing) only to be diverted to France and ultimately captured, tested, and scrapped by the Germans. See here: www.belgian-wings.be/Webpages/Navigator/Photos/MilltaryPi...