Wilson, Gill Robb
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Wilson, Gill Robb
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Gill Robb Wilson (1893-1966) served with the Lafayette Escadrille and the U.S. Signal Corps in World War I before returning to seminary school and serving as a Presbyterian minister in Trenton, New Jersey from 1921-1930. A pilot and a strong advocate of aviation, Wilson served as Director of Aviation for the state of New Jersey from 1930-1944. From 1944-1951 he was an aviation columnist and war correspondent for the New York "Herald-Tribune" in Europe, Africa and the Pacific. Wilson served as editor and publisher of "Flying" magazine from 1952-1962.
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Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Military
Air pilots
Airplanes
Aviation
Journalism
World War, 1914-1918
World War, 1939-1945
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