"Lame Ducks," Issoudun
date: label: date made
content: 1918
label: associated date
content: 1917-1918
name: label: associated person
content: War Department
label: artist
content: Smith, J. Andre
notes: label: Description
content: Pencil sketch on paper. The sketch depicts part of an airfield in Issoudun, France. There are disassembled planes in the foreground and several more aircraft in a large hangar. Aviators and mechanics walk around the air field. The Third Aviation Instruction Center, the U.S. Air Service's largest training base in Europe during World War I, was located at Issoudun.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: referenced
content: France: Centre-Val de Loire, Issoudun
topic: label: related event
content: World War I
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content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Official Art from the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I
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content: Military
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content: World War I Art
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content: Art
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content: Combat Art
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content: Art
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: War Department. Historical Branch of the General Staff
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: AF.26009
label: catalog number
content: 26009
label: accession number
content: 64592
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sketch
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: pencil (sketch production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (sketch material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (mount material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 3/8 in x 15 1/4 in; 31.369 cm x 38.735 cm
label: Measurements
content: sketch: 8 1/8 in x 12 in; 20.6375 cm x 30.48 cm