elmerfstone

4 photos tagged elmerfstone, from 2 members of Flickr Commons.

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1915

2014

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TVL1970 said:
Coast Guard Aviator No.1, Elmer F. Stone, pilot on Curtiss NC flying boat NC-1 and Robert A. Lavender (USN), radio officer for the NC-3. Both took part in the expedition of the US Navy's NC-1, NC-3 and NC-4 to cross the Atlantic. See: www.historynet.com/aviation-history-three-us-flying-boats... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Fowler_Stone
B-59 said:
Robert Alfred Lavender (1889-1976) www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=93479275 "Lieutenant Commander Robert Alfred Lavender, wireless expert of the expedition, was born at Rockwell City, Iowa, September 17, 1889, and appointed midshipman in the Naval Academy May 11, 1908. ln June, 1917, he conducted a series of tests and experi- ments with wireless telegraph sets on dirigibles, and later aided in development of aeroplane wireless telegraph and telephone sets." New-York tribune., May 17, 1919, Page 2, col. 6 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1919-05-17/ed-...
Arden said:
TVL1970 and B-59: Thank you for the details about these two aviators. We will add more information to the description when we update.
Richard Norton said:
Robert Alfred Lavender (1889-1976) www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q42172559

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swanq said:
See Read is second from right.
See for the NC-4.
swanq said:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_H._Jackson is the admiral, at right.
B-59 said:
See this photo with names in caption in commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curtiss_NC-4_Crew_1919.jpg
B-59 said:
Elmer F. Stone see www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/32687081695/
B-59 said:
James Lawrence Breese, Jr. see www.flickr.com/photos/library_of_congress/29720144915/