Airman Heritage Flashcards
________And wife had a 14,000 ft.³ soak balloon and enlisted in 1897 for balloon signal Corps. Using their balloon “Santiago” during the Spanish-American war
William Ivy Baldwin
Who performed balloon reconnaissance using his balloon “the enterprise” to send the first telegraphed messages
Thaddeus lowe
Who won the Gordon Bennett balloon race from Paris to England in September 1906?
Major H. B. Hersey and Lieut. Frank Lahm
In June 1907 _____&_______Left Ft Wood Bellows island to learn how to repair and inflate balloons
Edward ward and Joseph Barrett
Who are the three individuals that made up the army Signal Corps aeronautical division
Charles Chandler, Joseph Barrett, and Edward ward
Who was the first enlisted pilot in 1912
Vernon Burge
When did the Wright brothers deliver aero plane number one to Fort Myers
August 1908
Who personally funded the aeronautical program at Fort Sam Houston
Lieut. Benjamin Foulois
Which two mechanics were credited for creating a wheeled landing system
Glenn Madole in Vernon Burge
Who was the first enlisted person to die in military aircraft and what base was named after him
Frank Scott, Scott Air Force Base
When was the first Aero squadron activated
5 March 1913
When the US house resolution 5304 was made on 18 July 1914 what authorization did it make
Authorization for US Signal Corps to establish an aviation section
Who did Woodrow Wilson order to assist forces to apprehend poncho Villa in March 1916
First Aero squadron
What aircraft were used during The apprehension of Poncho Villa
Eight Curtis JN-3 Jennies
______served in a Lafayette escadrille one of the few enlisted to fly and the only black man to serve as a pilot
Eugene Bullard
What was Eugene Bullard’s nickname
Black swallow of death
Who claimed to have aged 10 years during a 35 minute battle down into German planes and driving off two dozen
Sgt. Fred Graveline
Who oversaw experiments with bombing ships from air
Gen. William “Billy” Mitchell
What was Sgt ulysses “Sam” Neroes claim of success
He was the only one to score 2 hits during the battle ship experiment using aircrafts
Who flew a bomber “around the rim” and shortly after takeoff climbed on the left wing in-flight to repair an engine
Jerry Dubias
Who was Jerry Dobias’s partner?
Jack Harding
______Tested first back style parachute which earned him a flying Cross on 19 March 1919
Ralph Bottriell
How did John D Foley earn his nickname Johnny zero
With zero Gunner training he managed to shoot down one Japanese plane A6M zero on his first aerial gunner flight
Who was a POW for 10 months and survive 90 day March from Baltic Sea to Berlin and eventually earned the title of the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force in 1967
Paul Airey
