Open main menu

Changes

Naval Aeronautic Station

548 bytes added, 12:17, 20 January 2009
New page: 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 upo...
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]].

Under the leadership of Lieutenant [[John H. Towers]], the flight school was in operation the next month.

{{navy-stub}}

==References==
{{refbegin}}
Jack Sweetman. ''American Naval History: An Illustrated Chronology of the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps, 1775-present''. Naval Institute Press, 2002.
{{refend}}