Keywords: Macchi m5 ludlow.jpg Italian seaplane Macchi M 5 used by the U S Navy in WWI 1918 It features a portrait photograph of Lieutenant David S Ingalls the U S Navy's first aerial ace right and a view of Lieutenant George H Ludlow seated in an Italian-built Macchi M 5 flying boat left Ludlow flew a dropping mission to the austrian-hungarian port of Pola in the Adriatic Sea Inset is a photograph of Ensign Charles H Hammann who was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing Ludlow on 21 August 1918 Removed caption read Photo NH 49249 World War I Naval Aviation Heros FLIERS WHOSE EXPLOITS BROUGHT PRESTIGE TO NAVAL AVIATION At the left in his seaplace is Lieutenant G H Ludlow who was rescued after his plane was disabled by enemy fire by Ensign C H Hammann inset At the right is Lieutenant David S Ingalls first naval ace PD-USGov-Military-Navy Flying aces of World War I Ingalls United States Navy Medal of Honor recipients Hammann Macchi M 5 |