Word: squadrons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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There was but a minor error which in behalf of our Dutch friends, especially several pilot friends, members of the bombing squadron at the above mentioned affair, we wish to rectify. We refer to the bombing account which tended to impress that the bombers' marksmanship was a bit poor. The fact is but one small 50 Kilo (110. 25 Ib.) bomb was dropped-a direct hit- the finish...
...years later Hero de Pinedo was a general, chief of staff for Italian aviation, leading squadron flights in which one pilot was hot-blooded Italo Balbo, then Undersecretary for Air. Everywhere they went, de Pinedo was the hero. But no Italian youth in his right mind who knew Italo Balbo would have then wanted "to become a de Pinedo." Balbo learned that the forgotten $26,000 was still in the bank and that de Pinedo had been accepting $20 a week interest on the money. A word to Il Duce, a telephone call to de Pinedo: "Your resignation as Chief...
...Single-handed he would fly from Floyd Bennett Field, N. Y. to "some point in Asia," breaking by 1,000 mi. the 5,126 mi. non-stop distance record held by Great Britain. Shrewdly, he timed his flight to steal some of the thunder of Italo Balbo's squadron flight to the U. S. next month. He got big headlines by describing his unusual preparations for the ordeal of flying solo two days and a half...
...Fair, the Open Championship will probably be played there with players from England and possibly a 25-goal team of Indians led by the Maharaja of Jaipur. This winter the Indoor Polo Association of America tried the experiment of playing its tournament sectionally instead of at the Squadron A Armory in Manhattan. Chicago's 124th Field Artillery Armory has better seating facilities than the Manhattan Armory so it was there last week that an Army team of Captain Candler A. ("Wilky") Wilkinson, Captain Chester E. (''Stub") Davis and Major Compton C. ("C-Square") Smith played Winston Guest...
Distance (straight line) : Squadron Leader C. B. Gayford and Flight-Lieut. G. E. Nicholetts; 5.126 mi. in landplane (Great Britain...