Thijs Postma - Poster - De Havilland DH.9 Over Railroad Tracks Ground Ike Kepford of the VF-17

Ike Kepford of the VF-17 Squadron who was flying this plane on the Gilbert Islands

This aircraft could be produced with different wings for a wide range of duties

most massive

These planes were stored on the island and hastily assembled when the war came in 1940

Thijs Postma - Poster - De Havilland DH.9 Over Railroad Tracks Ground Ike Kepford of the VF-17An historical image of De Havilland DH. 9 flying along the railroad tracks. The DH. 9s were used by KLM to fly from Amsterdam to London in the 1920s in about 2 hours. In 1920 KLM bought its own aircraft. These DH. 9s were modified bombers, with passengers sitting in the open air. This reproduction is the month of August of the Pioneers of Flight Calendar.