Keywords: people 80-G-457023: Lieutenant Commander A.E. Read, USN, with medal given him by President of Lisbon, Portugal, May 29, 1919. On 8 May 1919, Seaplane Division One, comprised of three NC flying boats, took off from Naval Air Station, Rockaway, New York at 10:00 a.m. for Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the first leg of a projected Transatlantic flight. Commanding the Division, and the NC-3, was Commander John H. Towers. The NC-4 was commanded by Lieutenant Commander Albert C. Read. The NC-1 was commanded by Lieutenant Commander Patrick N. L. Bellinger. Of the aircraft, only NC-4 completed the flight, which completed the flight at Plymouth, England, on 31 May. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/26). 80-G-457023: Lieutenant Commander A.E. Read, USN, with medal given him by President of Lisbon, Portugal, May 29, 1919. On 8 May 1919, Seaplane Division One, comprised of three NC flying boats, took off from Naval Air Station, Rockaway, New York at 10:00 a.m. for Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the first leg of a projected Transatlantic flight. Commanding the Division, and the NC-3, was Commander John H. Towers. The NC-4 was commanded by Lieutenant Commander Albert C. Read. The NC-1 was commanded by Lieutenant Commander Patrick N. L. Bellinger. Of the aircraft, only NC-4 completed the flight, which completed the flight at Plymouth, England, on 31 May. Official U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2016/07/26). |