Original U.S. WWI Army Air Service Balloon Corps Painted Soldier’s Trunk - Private First Class Joseph C. Lohman, Waynesboro, PA 21st Century 1924 enlisted in1942

1924 enlisted in1942

The flag measures approximately 30" x 34"

and LtCol (later

and latch for the muzzle booster are all maker coded with bpr

Original U.S. WWI Army Air Service Balloon Corps Painted Soldier’s Trunk - Private First Class Joseph C. Lohman, Waynesboro, PA 21st Century 1924 enlisted in1942Original Items: Only One Grouping Available. The United States Army Air Service (USAAS) was the aerial warfare service component of the United States Army between 1918 and 1926 and a forerunner of the United States Air Force. It was established as an independent but temporary branch of the U. S. War Department during World War I by two executive orders of President Woodrow Wilson: on May 24, 1918, replacing the Aviation Section, Signal Corps as the