NAVY AVIATOR FLIGHT LOG BOOK THAT WAS ONCE OWNED BY U. PARKER STARTING IN THE YEAR 1928 THROUGH 1937. NAVY AVIATION FLIGHT LOG BOOK FROM THE ERA LEADING UP TO WW2 WITH THE AUTOGRAPHS OF MANY U. AIRCRAFT CARRIER CAPTAINS AND OTHER FAMOUS U. NAVY AVIATORS INCLUDING 3 FULL AUTOGRAPHS AND 7 AUTOGRAPHED INITIALS OF A. READ HE AND HIS CREW MADE THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING BY AIRCRAFT IN 1919 ON THE NC- 4 CURTIS FLYING BOAT. HE THEN BECAME A REAR ADMIRAL. THERE ARE A FEW AUTOGRAPHS THAT ARE NOT IDENTIFIED. WALTER PARKER WAS AN EARLY U. Mate AND MUST HAVE FLOWN ALONG WITH THESE PILOTS ON VARIOUS MISSIONS AND TEST FLIGHT. MANY OF THESE SIGNERS IN THIS AVIATORS FLIGHT LOG BOOK WENT ON TO BECOME SOME OF HIGHEST RANKING NAVY COMMANDERS AND ADMIRALS. THE LOG BOOK ALSO CONTAINS THE NAMES OF MANY OF THE UP AND COMING PILOTS EVENTUALLY FOUGHT IN WW2 MOSTLY IN THE PACIFIC AGAINST IMPERIAL JAPAN. THERE IS A RECORD IN THE LOG OF A FLIGHT OF A PILOT ON SEPTEMBER 18th 1929 SHOWING THE NAME “BYRD”. COULD THIS HAVE BEEN A WARM UP FLIGHT IN A SEAPLANE JUST BEFORE RICHARD R. BYRD MADE HIS EPIC FLIGHT? USS LANGLEY (CV-1) (RUBBER STAMPED IN THE LOG) : WAS THE US NAVY’S FIRST AIRCRAFT CARRIER AND WAS SCUTTLED AFTER AN ATTACK BY JAPANESE AIRCRAFT IN WW2. CONDITION IS VERY GOOD THROUGHOUT WITH NO PAGES MISSING OR ANY UNUSUAL WEAR. INCLUDES MANY PAGES NOT SHOWN OF SIMILAR FORMAT AND CONTENT. FURTHER INFORMATION SUPPLIED UPON REQUEST. THIS FLIGHT LOG BOOK CONTAINS MULTIPLE AUTOGRAPHS OF EACH NAME AND THE VARIOUS COUNTS CAN BE FOUND BENEATH EACH SMALL BIO BELOW. BELOW ARE THE AUTOGRAPHS THAT COULD BE IDENTIFIED. > ALBERT CUSHING READ A. READ : HE AND HIS CREW MADE THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CROSSING OF THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IN 1919 ON THE FLYING BOAT NC-4. NAVAL AVIATOR NUMBER #24. (3 FULL AUTOGRAPHS AND 7 AUTOGRAPHED INITIALS). JOSEPH CAMBELL CRONIN : COMMANDED THE USS TULAGI CVE-72 IN THE ATLANTIC AND. CHIEF OF STAFF AND FAST BATTLESHIPS. WAS ON THE USS MISSOURI FOR THE SURRENDER OF JAPAN. RETIRED AS REAR ADMIRAL. NAVAL AVIATOR NUMBER #24 (2 FULL AUTOGRAPHS). ROBERT GOLDTHWAITE : COMMANDED THE ESCORT CARRIER USS SAGINAW BAY (CVA 82) FROM MARCH 15, 1945 IN THE PACIFIC THEATER AND BECAME REAR ADMIRAL AND COMMANDER OF FLEET AIR AFTER THE WAR (5 FULL AUTOGRAPHS). COMMANDER NAVAL AIR STATION FINESTIRE, FRANCE WWI (5 FULL AUTOGRAPHS). > MILES RUTHERFORD BROWNING (MILES BROWNING): PIONEER OF AIRCRAFT CARRIER CONCEPTS AND A CAPTAIN OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER USS ENTERPRISE AT MIDWAY. WW2 COMMANDER OF THE USS HORNET (CV-12). WEBSTER : BECAME A WW1 CIVILIAN INSTRUCTOR AT QUANTUM NAVAL AIR STATION. IN OCTOBER OF 1917 HE TRANSFERRED TO HAMPTON ROADS VA. AS AN INSTRUCTOR / FLIGHT COMMANDER. HE BECAME A NAVAL AVIATOR WITH No. HE TRANSFERRED TO THE USMC NORTHERN BOMBING GROUP IN WW1. The item “WW2 US NAVY AVIATORS FLIGHT LOG 1928-37 (33 AUTOGRAPHS) (13 BATTLE OF MIDWAY)” is in sale since Thursday, July 18, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Militaria\WW II (1939-45)\Original Period Items\United States\Documents & Maps”. The seller is “topcat2001565758590″ and is located in New York, New York. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Japan, Brazil, France, Australia.
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