Albert F. Hegenberger collection, 1917-1979.
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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...
Hegenberger, Robert F.
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Albert Hegenberger was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1895, later attended MIT, and then joined the Signal Corps in 1917. He served as a flight instructor during World War I, was subsequently assigned to McCook Field in Dayton, Ohio, and then began researching flight and navigation instrument development. In 1927, Lieutenant Hegenberger and Lieutenant Lester Maitland were the first to fly 2,400 miles from California to Hawaii, the longest open sea flight. For their achievement, President Cooli...
United States. Army. Air Corps
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Hegenberger, Albert F., 1895-1983.
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