Maitland collection, 1917-1990.

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Maitland collection, 1917-1990.

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A collection of items relating to General Maitland's military career and his personal activities dating from 1917 to 1990. Significant material pertains to Maitland's piloting of the first transpacific flight from California to Hawaii in July, 1927, in an Atlantic-Fokker C-2 named "Bird of Paradise." Both Maitland and his navigator, Albert F. Hegenberger, were awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for their flight of 25 hours, 49 minutes, and thirty seconds, flying 2,416 miles in the process.

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US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7326399

US Air Force Academy, McDermott Library

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Maitland, Lester J., 1899-1990

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Lester J. Maitland was an aviation pioneer and a veteran pilot of World Wars I and II. He joined the United States Army Air Corps and by age nineteen had become a flight instructor. Maitland served as an aide to General Billy Mitchell in 1921 and was chosen as one of the pilots to take part in the sinking of the battleship Ostfriesland which helped to prove the effectiveness of air power against ships. During the 1920's Maitland competed in many air races and exhibitions and in 1922, he became t...

United States. Army. Air Corps

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Hegenberger, Albert F., 1895-1983.

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