Floyd Bennett Field

FloydBennettField

male
Albany, National Register of Historic Places, Rockaway, Queen, United States Coast Guard Aviation, Gateway National Recreation Area, Aviation in New York City
Floyd Bennett Field, now defunct as an active airport, was New York City's first municipal airport. Located in Brooklyn, originally on Barren...
Douglas Corrigan

Douglas Corrigan

male, deceased (1995)
FloydBennettField, navigation, aviator, aircraft, American, compass
Douglas "Wrong Way" Corrigan (January 22, 1907-December 9, 1995) was an American aviator born in Galveston, Texas. In 1938, after a...
Eddie August Schneider

Eddie August Schneider

male, deceased (1940)
Spanish Civil War, Yankee Squadron, From Manhattan, FloydBennettField, American, Norwegian-American…Roosevelt Field
Eddie August Schneider (October 20, 1911 - December 23, 1940) set the transcontinental airspeed record for pilots under the age of twenty-one in...

Samuel Underhill

male, deceased (1942)
FloydBennettField, American military personnel killed in action II, Yale University alumni, American military personnel of World War II, United States Naval Aviator, Harvard Law School alumni
Samuel Jackson Underhill (25 August 1917 - 8 May 1942) was a naval aviator of the United States Navy who was killed in action during the Battle of...
Donald S. Lopez Sr.

Donald S. Lopez Sr.

male, 86 years old
FloydBennettField, American military personnel of World War II, The Pentagon, U.S. Air Force, United States Army Air Forces, P-51…Eglin Field, Drew Army Air Field
Donald S. Lopez, Sr. (born July 1923 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force fighter and test pilot and the current deputy...