Foulois, B. D., Papers, 1954

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Foulois, B. D., Papers, 1954

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Comprising a copy of a letter from Benjamin Delahauf Foulois to Colonel Roswell P. Rosengren, the B. D. Foulois Letter, 1954, describes the first military airplane flight, which took place at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas.

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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...