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1st Lieut. Paul A. Smith thumbs his nose at Fokker D.VII 8503 after being unloaded from its end-door baggage car behind it at Swope Park in Kansas City, April 30, 1919. This was The Victory Loan Flying Circus, Mid-West Flight's 18th air show.

Fokker D.VII with RAF SE.5's

This "duplicate" photo, of the same one shown below, is reversed, and should deleted from the gallery. You can tell by looking at the propeller on the Fokker, and the photo is out of focus anyway. Please delete this photo and move any associated comments to the correct companion photo below on the same page.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Evans_Hartney "Harold Evans Hartney was a Canadian-born World War I flying ace with the United States Army Air Service, credited with seven confirmed and one unconfirmed aerial victories."

Thanks for the information. We'll add information to the description when we update.

He's standing in front of a captured German aeroplane - probably a Fokker D VII, with armament removed.

Hartney is standing next to the Fokker D.VII (Ser. No. 7766/18) he flew in the 1919 Transcontinental Air Race. The aircraft was one of several turned over to the United States by Germany under the conditions of the Armistice. See: "Official Winners of Transcontinental Race Announced," Page 284, Aerial Age Weekly, November 24-December 1, 1919, Vol. X, No. 8.

Thank you Barney Britton and TVL1970 for identifying this type of aircraft!