Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. CLOSE UP-FIGHTER IN FLIGHT (MAJ GEN FOULOIS INTERVIEW)

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Records of U.S. Air Force Commands, Activities, and Organizations. 1900 - 2003. Moving Images Relating to Military Aviation Activities. 1947 - 1984. CLOSE UP-FIGHTER IN FLIGHT (MAJ GEN FOULOIS INTERVIEW)

1965

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Reel 1: Interview of Maj Gen Benjamin D. Foulois (Ret) who relates his military experiences since the Spanish-American War, with emphasis on his association with the Wright Brothers and the development of military aviation. Interview in television studio is supplemented by photographers and film clips of the era under discussion. 1048' Total footage in reel.

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Foulois, Benjamin Delahauf, 1879-1967

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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...