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It is a Curtiss Jenny that has crashed. The overpainted circle is the star in the blue circle w/ red dot of the US Air Service. The cross is probably the Red Cross of an aerial ambulance aircraft. They painted red crosses on modified Jennies that could carry a stretcher behind the pilot.
Or... the other answer would be that this aircraft was painted to play the role of an "aggressor" aircraft in the training role. I think the earlier explanation is the more correct.
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