Searchlights Trained on Planes

St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Pacific & Atlantic Photos Inc.

1925-02-07

picture

War
Pas-de-Calais (France)
Soldiers
World War, 1914-1918

Hampton (Va.)

1920-1929

"U.S. Flyers Winners in Night Battle at Fortress Monroe./Airmen are claiming a decisive victory in the "Battle in the Air" arranged by Secretary of War Weeks at Fortress Monroe, Va. day and night of March 6th. Three Martin bombers dodged range finders, evaded searchlights and successfully attacked fortress Monroe. More than 500 persons witnessed the demonstration. In the night tests, the flyers won, the shafts of light groping vainly for the motors that the listening devices revealed./This photo shows searchlights at Fortress Monroe being trained on planes."

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