Alan Cobham

Alan Cobham

male, deceased (1973)
DH.50, Croydon Airport, de Havilland DH.50, Channel Islands, barnstorming, afc…flying circus, Royal Flying Corps, flyingboat
Sir Alan John Cobham, KBE, AFC (May 6 1894- October 21 1973) was an English aviation pioneer. A member of the Royal Flying Corps in World War I,...
Tony Jannus

Tony Jannus

male, deceased (1916)
Benoist XIV, Staten Island, Baldwin Red Devil, New York Times, College Park Airport, Antony Habersack Jannus…flyingboat
Antony Habersack Jannus, more familiarly known as Tony Jannus (1889-1916), was an early American pilot who piloted the first flight of the St...
Claudius Dornier

Claudius Dornier

male, deceased (1969)
inventor, German, design, flyingboat, research, aircraft
Claude (Claudius) Honoré Desiré Dornier born in Kempten im Allgäu in 1884 and died 1969. He is most famous as a German airplane builder and fou...
Walter Hinton

Walter Hinton

male, deceased (1981)
from Ohio, flyingboat, aviator, aviation, shark, aircraft
Walter Hinton (10 November 1888 - 28 October, 1981) was a United States aviator. Hinton was born in a farming family in Van Wert, Ohio. Seeing a...
John Cyril Porte

John Cyril Porte

male, deceased (1919)
world war one, flyingboat, Tuberculosis, Aviation pioneer, Aerospace engineer, cmg
Lieutenant Commander John Cyril Porte RN CMG US DCM (1884-1919) was a flying boat pioneer associated with the World War One Seaplane Experimental...
Don Bennett

Don Bennett

male, deceased (1986)
Australian World War II pilot, Air Vice Marshal, Royal Australian Air Force officer, Order of the British Empire, flyingboat, royal air force…Mercury-Maia composite flying boat
Air Vice Marshal Donald Clifford Tyndall Bennett CB CBE DSO RAF (September 14 1910-September 15 1986) was an Australian aviation pioneer and bomber...
Albert Cushing Read

Albert Cushing Read

male, deceased (1967)
United States Naval Aviator, Recipient of the Legion of Merit, United States Naval Academy graduate, United States Navy admiral, Naval aviator, u.s. naval academy…flyingboat
Albert Cushing Read (29 March, 1887 - 10 October, 1967) was an aviator and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Read was born in Lyme, New...
Leonard Birchall

Leonard Birchall

male, deceased (2004)
Royal Canadian Air Force officer, Recipient of the Distinguished Flying Cross, Canadian World War II pilot, Royal Military College of Canada, second world war, Leonard Joseph Birchall…distinguished flying cross, flyingboat
Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall, CM, OBE, DFC, O.Ont, CD (July 6, 1915 - September 10, 2004), "The Saviour of Ceylon" Leonard Joseph Birchall...
Richard Bull

Richard Bull

male, deceased (1942)
American military personnel of World War II, United States Naval Aviator, transport, Recipient of US Distinguished Flying Cross, United States Navy officer, flyingboat
Richard Bull (14 July 1914 - 5 February 1942) was a United States Navy aviator during World War II. He was born in New York City on 14 July 1914....
Russel Merrill

Russel Merrill

male, deceased (1929)
Cornell University, Des Moines, Anchorage, civil engineer, World War I, flyingboat
Russel ("Russ") Hyde Merrill was an Alaskan aviation pioneer. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, he became a U.S. Navy pilot during World War I, becoming...