This photo dates to the 1920s. The caption reads: First to make the westward flight over the North Atlantic. These three intrepid airmen were the first to the hop from Europe to America. In the center is Major Fitzmaurice, of the Irish Free State Air Force; at the left is Baron von Huenefeld, German leader of the flight; at the right is Captain Koehl, chief pilot, and a bombing pilot with the German forces during the war, They hopped off from Dublin, Ireland, April 12, and brought the Bremen down safely on Greenly Island, in the Strait of Belle Isle, April 13, 1928.

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Size: 5100px × 3348px
Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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