Captain Landis proudly stands beside his Fokker plane and a German triplane that he has successfully brought down. This photograph, taken on October 17, 1918, captured the moment when Landis, a Lieutenant with the Royal Canadian Air Forces, proved his skill as one of the thirty American airmen trained with the Canadian forces. The photo was taken before Landis was commissioned. [50 words]

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