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1st Lieut. Frank Carroll successfully flew Spad B1374, shown here after the wings were installed, for 55 minutes over Memphis on April 12, 1919. Behind it is the 50th Photo Section Jenny, with Driving Park horse stables in the background. This was the VLFC Mid-West Flight's second air show on their tour.

This is 2nd Lieut. Alvin M. St. John standing with arm on the Spad VII, but I'm still working on where the photo was taken.

Taken on May 1, 1919, at Jones aviation field, Wichita, Kansas, near the intersection of 29th Street and Lawrence Avenue (now N. Broadway St.). Assigned as a Curtiss JN-4H pilot on the Victory Loan Flying Circus, Middle-West Flight tour, this was the first time St. John was allowed to fly a Spad during one of their air shows. He was also the star of the Wichita air show that day, perhaps reflected by his pose here.

This is Washington Park in Milwaukee, April 18, 1919. Spad VII B1374 was flown by 1st Lieut. Frank O. Carroll for exactly one hour that day during the air show in Washington Park. The soldier standing guard was with Company G of the Wisconsin State National Guard. This was the VLFC Mid-West Flight's sixth air show of their Midwest tour.