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NH 77567 Aviator Eugene B. Ely

Photo #: NH 77567 Aviator Eugene B. Ely
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Title: Aviator Eugene B. Ely
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Description: Is congratulated by U.S. Army personnel and civilians at San Francisco, California, after his return flight from USS Pennsylvania (Armored Cruiser # 4), 18 January 1911. Earlier in the day Ely had landed on the ship, the first time an airplane alighted on a warship's deck. Ely is wearing a Pennsylvania cap ribbon around his left arm. Photograph from the Eugene B. Ely scrapbooks. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 77567
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