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Title	Reinhardt Ausmus Photographs
Subject	Military Ohio Transportation Air pilots Flight Aeronautics World War I Airplanes
Place	Sandusky (Ohio) Erie County (Ohio)
Description	This photograph of aviator Reinhardt Ausmus shows him in a Benoist airplane during World War I. A second photograph shows Ausmus and his plane that crashed in World War I. The crash disabled him. Two other photographs show Ausmus with airplanes. All four photographs measure 8" x 5" (20.32 x 12.70 cm). Ausmus (1896-1970) settled in Sandusky, Ohio, where in 1912 he built and flew his first airplane. As an early instructor and designer of aircraft, he worked closely with the prominent pioneer aviator Tom Benoist, who had established a flying school at Sandusky's Battery Park. Ausmus's flights with the Benoist Aeroplane Company qualified him for entry into the Early Birds, an organization of pioneer aviators who piloted heavier-than-air planes prior to December of 1913. Ausmus enlisted in the 198th Air Squadron at Columbus, Ohio in 1913 and trained pilots during World War I. He was discharged as a sergeant at Wichita Falls, Texas. In 1947, Ausmus was appointed permanent service officer of the local American Legion. He also held the post of service officer of the Erie County Soldier's Relief Commission for twenty years. He retired in 1969, after devoting much of his life to working with the veterans of Erie County. Sandusky awarded him its Outstanding Community Service award in 1968. In 1970, the United States Air Force placed his name on its Roster of Fame in the Air Force Museum at Dayton, Ohio.
Date of Original	1915 circa
Collection	Charles Frohman Collection
Source	Audiovisual material FR 1 Box 8 Folder 3
Submitting Institution	Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center
Type	StillImage
Format	picture

Title	Om2724_2831913_001
Rights	For rights and reproduction requests, go to the Ohio Historical Society's Audiovisual and Graphic Reproduction Services page at http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html; Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
File Name	Om2724_2831913_001.tif
Image Height	4909
Image Width	3045
File Size	794.742 KB

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