Planes flying in formation at 5000 feet at Gerstner Field in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The photograph was taken on August 3, 1918, and was censored and released by the Censor on September 16, 1918. The photographer is Lieutenant Erickson from the Signal Corps.

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