Pre 1939 USN jackets

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Pilot with goggles is unidentified.

That is Lt. Arthur Gaugel, who invented the modern goggle in 1912 by adding vents and elastics to the primitive Aviator Glasses of the period.

(No it isn't. I'm just sh!!tin ya. That's David Ingalls, WW1 ace. No idea who Peary's pilot is.)

 

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The brass set these guys had in thise early flight days!

 

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Marine aviator Major General "Winner of Safety Trophy - Captain H. Denny Campbell pilot of the US marine corps, has won the coveted Schiff memorial trophy awarded annually to the pilot who flies the greatest number of hours during the year without mishap. To date he has flown 839 hours and 40 minutes without accident." Oct 24, 1926
"Winner of Safety Trophy - Captain H. Denny Campbell, air corps pilot of the US marine corps, has won the coveted Schiff memorial trophy awarded annually to the pilot who flies the greatest number of hours during the year without mishap. To date he has flown 839 hours and 40 minutes without accident." Oct 24, 1926

Campbell joined the Marine Corps on May 19, 1917, and was assigned to the 23rd Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps Reserve on the same date and appointed platoon leader. Campbell sailed for France on July 27, 1917, and later attended Lewis gun course at Machine gun school. His unit together with 15th Company were subsequently transferred to the 6th Machine Gun Battalion.
He was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant on December 17, 1917, and later participated in all major engagements of Marine Corps in World War I. He was wounded by enemy machine gun fire to his hand during Meuse-Argonne Offensive oand later was decorated with Purple Heart Medal for these wounds. After his recovery, Campbell served with occupation forces in Germany until June 1919.
On 6 December 1941, only one day before the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor, Campbell was appointed commanding officer of the Marine Aircraft Group 11 stationed at Brown Field within Quantico Base. He served in this capacity until 25 May 1942, when he was personally selected by Chief of Combined Operations, Lord Mountbatten. Campbell was assigned to this staff as Marine Corps Aviation Officer and his main responsibility was to advise in the matter of Air Cover for Commando operations. He participated in the planning of Dieppe Operation. Campbell served in this capacity until April 26, 1943. For his service in England, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general and decorated with the Legion of Merit.

Campbell arrived to the United States in June 1943 and reported at Headquarters Marine Corps. He has been subsequently transferred to Samoa in August 1943 and took command of 4th Marine Aircraft Wing . The 4th Marine Wing served as Aircraft Defense Force, Samoan Area, a part of Defense Forces, Samoan Group under Major General Charles F. B. Price. Campbell remained in this capacity until July 1944, when he was appointed commanding general of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.

 

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Glorietta Bay, North Island, California of the first seaplane flight in the history of flight.26 January 1911 pilot was Glenn Curtiss,

 

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Boeing F3B-1 fighter
In the water alongside USS LANGLEY (CV-1) after crashing during the 1920s. Note pilot swimming toward the life ring, which is marked with smoke flares.

 

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National balloon races, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 31 May 1922. Lieutenant Commander J.P. Norfleet (pilot) and aide Chief Petty Officer James Shade in the basket of the Navy helium balloon.

 

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Lieutenant Frank H. Conant, USN Naval aviator designated pilot of stand-by plane for the Schneider Cup race, 1925. Killed in plane crash in 1926.

 

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Excellent work there Dino, as ever. A really interesting read.

 

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Lieutenant Commander Arthur W. Radford, USN
Alaskan aerial survey pilot, 5 May 1929.

1928 Crashed into barrier pilot Lieutenant, R.F. Whitehead

 

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Navy Air Pilot certificate, Theodore G. Ellyson
Department of the Navy Air Pilot No. 1 certificate of Theodore G. Ellyson, dated 1 January 1914 and signed by Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy, and Victor Blue, Chief of Bureau of Navigation.

Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.

Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.

Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.

 

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Changing pilot and observer of the observation balloon of a Sixth Battle Squadron Battleship, in the North Sea, 1918. The pilot and observer ascend and descend by means of rigging and pulley, while the balloons remain aloft, thus saving much time and trouble, and leaving the ship's decks free from crowding.

Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

 

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U.S. Navy Air Pilot Certificate
Issued to Lieutenant Commander Henry C. Mustin in January 1915, certifing that that he had been designated as U.S. Navy Air Pilot No. 3, with a 1 June 1914 date of precedence. It includes a photograph of LCdr. Mustin, probably taken at Pensacola, Florida, in 1914, and is signed by Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels and Rear Admiral Victor Blue, Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. In January 1918, after the Naval Air Pilot designation was merged with the Naval Aviator designation, Mustin was officially listed as Naval Aviator No. 11. U.S. Naval History

Unidentified Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

Unidentified pilot at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida

 

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Wire Launching System Experimental Test Flight
Lieutenant Ellyson about to make an experimental test flight from an elevated platform along a wire cable in a Navy trial of a wire launching device using a Curtiss single float plane at Hammondsport, New York, 7 September 1911. Left to right: Lieutenant John Towers, USN; Augustus Post; Jim Lamont (a Curtiss mechanic on the ground).

 

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Naval aircraft factory C-1 flying boat (Curtiss H-16 design)
Lieutenant Arthur E.J. Male, USNRF, in gunner's bow position, with a Lewis aircraft machine gun, at the Naval Aircraft Factory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 25 March 1918. Note bomb sight on the plane's side, beside the gunner.

 

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Emile Choureé, USN pilot
He was designated Naval Aviator #1591 in 1918
He was a career Navy officer, achieving the rank of Lieutenant Commander. He participated with Navy teams at the National Air Races where he served as the announcer at Naval aerobatic performances. He also flew support aircraft for the team, carrying mechanics and other support personnel, as well as tools and spares. He died in an air crash at Scott Field, East St. Louis, IL in January, 1938.

In 1934 Choureé had the opportunity to hook an airplane on the rigid airship U.S.S. Macon. Choureé is pictured in the front cockpit, with his instructor and Register pilot Frederick Trapnell in the rear.

 

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USMC pilots 1929.
Clayton Jerome on the left, pre war he was stationed in China, Guam, Nicaragua and Colombia. In WW2 he served in five campaigns in the pacific and was commander of the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing in the Korean war.
In January 1930, when the hand control or "stick" of his plane broke off at the socket while he was practicing acrobatics 2,000 feet over the city of San Diego, California. Since a crash would have resulted in death or property damage for people on the ground, he elected to stay with the plane rather than parachute. He righted the craft to normal flying position by maneuvering the socket with his hand then, lashing the stick back to the socket with his handkerchief, trouser belt and necktie, he made a successful landing. For this action, he received a letter of commendation from the Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, Navy Department.
in 1934 he was detailed to the American Legation in Bogota, Colombia as Naval Attaché and Naval Attaché for Air at the American Legation in Bogota, Columbio to the governments of Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. While serving in the latter capacity, he earned the Distinguished Flying Cross in April 1937, for his daring rescue of the survivors of a Venezuelan plane crash. Using an amphibious plane, he repeatedly flew over the treacherous jungles of Cuyuni in search of the wreck. After finding it, he made two hazardous landings on the narrow Cuyuni River to rescue four survivors.

Christian Frank Schilt also in the photo won the medal of honor in Nicaragua.

Christian F. Schilt - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, USN, Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, shakes hands with Lieutenant William G. Tomlinson, USN, one of the Navy pilots participating in the Schneider Cup race. Between them is Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics Edward P. Warner. Also present are two of the other Navy racing team pilots, Lieutenant George T. Cuddihy, USN (far left) and First Lieutenant Christian F. Schilt, USMC (2nd from left). Location is probably Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Virginia.

1st Lt. Christian F. Schilt in Nicaragua, 1928.

 

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Photos from the collection of William McMullen USNR pilot, he died in a pane crash while he was on active duty on the USS Sarratoga in the Panama canal zone.

McMullen is on the right, with an unknown pilot

McMullen (2nd From Left) and Other Unidentified Airmen, Ca. 1928-30

Officers in the net. They are unidentified,

W.H. McMullen in Flight Gear 1928-30

 

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I believe this officer to be Medal of Honoree Frank Schilt. He's wearing the patch of Aircraft One (later Marine Air Wing One), where he served as a squadron CO in the late '30s.

Capt. Schilt in 1937.

 

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Clayton (Jerry) Jerome, VF-9M, Quantico, 1931.