de Havilland D.H.-4M-1

Specifications
Type:	Bomber and Reconnaissance
First Flight:	August 1916
Wingspan:	42 feet 5 inches
Length:	29 feet 11 inches
Height:	9 feet 8 inches
Weight:	2,939 pounds
Capacity:	Two
Status:	Display - Static

The de Havilland D.H.-4 was a British-designed World War I observation and bombing plane. When the United States entered the war in April 1917, it had no tested warplane designs of its own so it built nearly 5,000 de Havillands under license. The D.H.-4 was the only American-made airplane used in combat by the United States during World War I. This D.H.-4M still carries an Airworthiness Certificate! Built in 1918, this aircraft was one of 180 D.H.-4s modernized by the Boeing Aircraft Company in 1923 for mail hauling service. The aircraft later worked in the movies appearing in Men With Wings (1938) and The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955). It also appeared in Spirit of St. Louis starring James Stewart as Charles Lindbergh, who flew the same type of aircraft for early United States mail transport.