Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967
Benjamin "Benny" Delahauf Foulois (December 9, 1879 – April 25, 1967) was a United States Army general who learned to fly the first military planes purchased from the Wright Brothers. He became the first military aviator as an airship pilot, and achieved numerous other military aviation "firsts". He led strategic development of the Air Force in the United States.
Foulois was born in Washington, Connecticut to a Franco-American pipe-fitter and a Boston-born nurse. At age 18, he used his older brother’s birth certificate to enlist in the Army to support the Spanish-American War, but arrived in Puerto Rico just weeks before the armistice was signed. He served with the engineers in 1898-1899 and the Infantry in 1899-1901. In 1901, he received his commission as a second lieutenant and upon graduation from the Army Signal School on June 19, 1908, he was detailed to aeronautical duty.
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