Waco Aircraft Company

Clayton John Brukner was born December 18, 1896 in Ravenna, Nebraska, the youngest of seven children of John and Rachel Brukner. After a brief move to Burkeville, Virginia, the Brukners settled in Battle Creek, Michigan where Clayton entered school, graduating from Battle Creek Central High School in 1915.

Always interested in electronics and machines, Clayton found work as an electrical maintenance man at the Postum Company in Battle Creek. He later went to work for the Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company in Buffalo, New York and then to Aeromarine and Standard Aircraft Company.

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