Inducted in 1984 First United States Naval Aviator, 1911 1885 – 1928 Theodore “Spuds” Ellyson began training in 1910 at the Glen Curtiss flight training school in San Diego and […]
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First Transatlantic Flight 1919
Inducted in 1979 Lieutenant Commander Albert Read, US Navy Lieutenant James Breese, US Navy Ensign Herbert Rodd, US Navy Lieutenant Elmer Stone, US Coast Guard Lieutenant Walter Hinton, US Navy […]
Major Alford Williams, Jr.
Inducted in 1976 United States Navy’s First Chief Test Pilot; The Father Of Dive Bombing 1891 – 1958 Alford Williams enlisted in the United States Navy at the beginning of […]