Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. AROUND THE WORLD BY AIRPLANE
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Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
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Epithet: president of the United States British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x00001d Calvin Coolidge's son John married John Trumbull's daughter Florence. From the description of Letter, 1931 March 16, Northampton, Mass., to John H. Trumbull, Plainville, Conn. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 25622017 For information on Pres. Coolidge, see an encyclopedia. No information is...
Martin, Frederick L. (Frederick LeRoy), 1882-1954
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Frederick LeRoy Martin (b. Nov. 26, 1882, Liberty, Ind.-d. Feb. 23, 1954), U.S. Air Force officer, was commissioned in the Coast Artillery Corps after graduating from university in 1908. He transferred to the Air Service in 1920 after serving as director of military aeronautics. He was commanding general of the 3rd Wing, GHQ Air Force (1937-1940), of Hawaiian Air Force, of the Second Air Force, and of the Army Air Force Central Technical Training Command. He retired in 1944. From the...
Weeks, John W. (John Wingate), 1860-1926
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John Wingate Weeks (April 11, 1860-July 12, 1926) was an American politician in the Republican Party. He served as a United States Representative for Massachusetts from 1905 to 1913, as a United States Senator from 1913 to 1919, and as Secretary of War from 1921 to 1925. Weeks was born and raised in Lancaster, New Hampshire. He received an appointment to the United States Naval Academy, graduating in 1881, and served two years in the United States Navy. Weeks made a fortune in banking during the...
Wade, Leigh, 1896-1991.
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Major General Leigh Wade began his military career in 1916 when he enlisted in the National Guard for service on the Mexican border against Pancho Villa. He then became a cadet in the aviation section of the Signal Corps and received flight training from the Royal Canadian Air Force and in France. By 1919 he was a test pilot and was setting high altitude records. In 1924, Wade was chosen to pilot the "Boston", one of four Douglas "World Cruisers" attempting the first round-the-world flight which...
