Army Air Corp. Air Mail Accidents: February-April 1934 Special Collection 1934-1939

Arnold, Henry Harley, 1886-1950

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Henry Harley "Hap" Arnold (June 25, 1886 – January 15, 1950) was an American general officer holding the ranks of General of the Army and General of the Air Force. Arnold was an aviation pioneer, Chief of the Air Corps (1938–1941), Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, the only U.S. Air Force general to hold five-star rank, and the only officer to hold a five-star rank in two different U.S. military services. Arnold was also the founder of Project RAND, which evolved into one of the wo...

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...

Fickel, Jacob E.

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Westover, Oscar, 1883-1938

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Oscar F. Westover enlisted as a private in the Army in 1901 and the following year won an appointment to the U. S. Military Academy. He was commissioned in the Infantry in 1906. After assignments in the Philippines, Washington, and Alaska, he transferred to the Signal Corps and then the aviation section. Westover attended the Air Service Airship School, the Air Service Primary Flying and Advanced Flying Schools, the Air Corps Tactical School, and Command and General Staff School. As a result of ...