Callan, John Lansing, 1886-1958

Dates:
Birth 1886
Death 1958

Biographical notes:

U.S. naval officer, aviator, and aviation executive.

From the description of Papers of John Lansing Callan, 1907-1956. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71060456

Biographical Note

1886, June 8 Born, Cohoes, N.Y. 1905 Graduated, Albany Military Academy, Albany, N.Y. 1905 1907 Clerk, National Exchange Bank, Albany, N.Y. 1907 1910 Sales representative, Standard Oil Co. of New York 1910 1911 Cashier, Commercial Union Cooperative Bank, Albany, N.Y. 1911 Licensed as aircraft pilot 1911 1914 Instructor, Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Hammondsport, N.Y. 1914 Relief pilot; proposed “America” transoceanic flight 1914 1916 Representative in Italy and England, Curtiss Aeroplane Co. 1916 1917 Instructor, Curtiss Aeroplane Co., Hammondsport 1917 Enrolled as a lieutenant, United States Flying Corps Duty on Seattle (cruiser) Commanded naval air stations, Le Moutchic, Le Croisic, and Ile Tudy, France 1918 Promoted to lieutenant commander Commanded naval air forces in France, Italy, and England 1918 1919 Duty as naval aide for aviation in Italy 1919 Promoted to commander Duty, Paris Peace Conference, Paris, France Duty as naval representative of the American Aviation Command to France, Italy, and England 1919 1920 Duties in aviation section of office of the Chief of Naval Operations; at the Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla.; and in the Office of Naval Intelligence 1921 Released from active naval duty 1921 1929 President and general manager, Airships, Inc., Hammondsport, N.Y. 1921 1940 Naval reserve officer 1927 United States representative, Aviation Conference, Pan American Union 1929 Vice president, American Aeronautical Corp., Port Washington, N.Y. 1930 1934 President, Industrial Manufacturers Aircraft Associates, Hammondsport, N.Y. 1935 1937 President, Real Estate Exchange Corp., Albany, N.Y. 1937 1940 Traffic representative, Pan American Airways 1940 Recalled to naval duty, Plans Division, Bureau of Aeronautics 1941 Promoted to captain Duty as assistant air and naval attaché, United States embassy, Rome, Italy 1941 1942 Prisoner of war, Rome, Italy 1942 1944 Duty as naval attaché, staff of European governments in exile, London, England 1944 1945 Duty as chief naval staff officer, Rome, Italy 1945 1946 Duty as president of a general court-martial, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1946 Duty in “Operation Crossroads” (Bikini atomic bomb tests) 1946 1948 Duty as senior captain, Board of Review for Decorations and Medals, Washington, D.C. 1948 Promoted to rear admiral Retired from United States Navy 1958, Oct. 9 Died, Kingston, N.Y.

From the guide to the John Lansing Callan Papers, 1907-1956, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Subjects:

  • Atomic bomb
  • Operation Crossroads, Marshall Islands, 1946
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • World War, 1939-1945

Occupations:

  • Aviators
  • Businessmen
  • Naval officers

Places:

  • France (as recorded)
  • Italy (as recorded)

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