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Christian Frank Schilt (1895-1987)? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_F._Schilt guides.grc.usmcu.edu/content.php?pid=306904&sid=2518135 Benjamin F. Belcher, Naval aviator, is mentioned in this: bluejacket.com/sea-service_nap_index.htm John E. Davis, army pilot, is mentioned making a 4000-mile solo flight in 1918: books.google.com/books?id=GUNTAAAAYAAJ&lpg=PA309&...

The photo dates from 1927

B-59 Oh good, that makes a lot more sense for Schilt's dates and for his bio too. (He could be 19 in the photo, but it's a lot more believable that he's a man in his 20s.)

As pointed out, this is a photo from 1927. The four men standing in front of the Loening OL-2 amphibian are Benjamin F. Belcher, James E. Davis, Christian F. Schilt (awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroics in Nicaragua in 1928, and ultimately rising to the rank of four-star Marine Corps general upon retirement in 1957), and Hubert H. Dogan (the caption of "Dogant" is incorrect), all Marine Corps aviators who would take part in a surveying mission photographing the northern coast of Cuba in 1927. The surveying mission is cited on page 26 of the October 2, 1927 edition of the San Antonio Express ("Types of Plane for the New Aircraft-Carriers"): "The Navy Bureau of Aeronautics is well satisfied with the work of Marine Corps flyers in the West Indies, during which they photographed 400 miles of Cuba's northern coast. Two Loening amphibians were employed; Capt. James E. Davis and Lieut. Christian F. Schlit were the pilots. Sergeants B.F. Belcher and H.H. Dogan completed the expedition's personnel. "Most of the region between Cardenas - 75 miles east of Havana - and Nuevitas in Camaguey Province is fringed with islands called cayos. The survey extended from Havana to Nuevitas, and it has given the Hydrographic Office (a Navy bureau) a more nearly accurate map of that sector."

B-59: Thanks for catching the date on the photo!

Lt. Irvin A. (Bert) Woodring (1902-33), wearing Type A-1 flying jacket with the insignia of the 95th Pursuit Squadron, Selfridge Field, Michigan. Circa 1930.

Aren't they gambling? It looks like that sort of game with the upturned cups and either a coin or a marble underneath!

Unless they were weighing the drivers for the race? Much like jockeys are for horse racing?

Could this be scrutineering for an early Circuit ( ha ha) ? It looks like a rally as the cars have numbers - the registration on the car in the foreground is English not Irish.

Colm McCann I thought weighing scales too at first glance, but was weighing drivers part of early motor racing?

billh35 Inside the marquee, a car has IK 1 or IK 11, I think - that's definitely local. And fire buckets plus big number 2 on car under the edge of the marquee would back up rally idea...