Lieutenants Reid and Synnestvedt at Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill. experienced a forced landing when the forward control stick, which was placed in reverse position, caught on the dash. This photograph, identified as 54148, was taken in December 1918. Not for publication and for official use only.

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