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− | The first '''Naval flight school''' in Pensacola was established on [[January 20]], [[1914]], when a detachment of nine officers and 23 men were transferred from Annapolis to Pensacola upon the recommendation of Captain [[W. I Chambers]]. | + | [[Image:NavalOfficers1914.jpg|thumb|right|280px|The first Naval Aviation officers at Pensacola were (from left to right): Lieutenant [[V. D. Herbster]], Lieutenant [[W. M. McIlvain]], Lieutenant [[P. N. L. Bellinger]], Lieutenant [[R. C. Saufley]], Lieutenant [[J. H. Towers]], Lieutenant Commander [[H. C. Mustin]], Lieutenant (Army) [[B. L. Smith]], Ensign [[G. de C. Chevalier]], and Ensign [[M. L. Stolz]].]] |
+ | The first '''Naval flight school''' in Pensacola was established on [[January 20]], [[1914]], when a detachment of nine officers and 23 men were transferred from Annapolis to the abandoned [[Pensacola Navy Yard]] upon the recommendation of Captain [[W. I Chambers]]. | ||
− | + | The flight school was operational by February. | |
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Revision as of 12:37, 20 January 2009
The first Naval flight school in Pensacola was established on January 20, 1914, when a detachment of nine officers and 23 men were transferred from Annapolis to the abandoned Pensacola Navy Yard upon the recommendation of Captain W. I Chambers.
The flight school was operational by February.
References
Jack Sweetman. American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-present. Naval Institute Press, 2002.