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17 November 2000, 06:29 AM
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There is a Luke Field and we know that MvR's name remains a part of the German AF, but it seems to me that, associated with the French open as it is, Roland Garros' name might be the most "preserved" of the First war heroes. Are there any other such 'locations' named for WWI airmen?
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17 November 2000, 06:53 AM
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There is a Cité Guynemer in Berlin (!) and a street named after Nungesser as well as others named after MvR, Loewenhardt, Kleine, Thuy,
 Kurt Wolff and some more famous German WW1-pilots. This quarter is called the "Fliegerviertel". Furthermore the German AF has also an "Immelmann"-squadron and a "Boelcke" one. |
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20 November 2000, 04:44 AM
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In Edmonton we used to have a "May Field" named so, after Wilfred "Wop" May(would-be 81st MvR victim, un-witting trap setter). He used to fly out of there as a bush pilot in the 20s.
He immortalized the field not by being a 13 victory ace but when in 1927 i think...he flew a vaccine through some TRULY crappy weather (Snowing -20-30C), to Fort Vermillion in northern Alberta. Today there is no field but the whole area is called "MayField". |
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20 November 2000, 05:13 PM
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There was a Rickenbacker Air Force Base. Don't know if it's still active or not.
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21 November 2000, 11:51 AM
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I am still not sure what I could do for
Alfred Atkey but it I feel he could be a candidate for the Aviation Hall of Fame. Would be great to see mention of him at Reynolds Museum !George Atkey |
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22 November 2000, 07:06 AM
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This city located in Tirol has a very large outdoor organ. Every afternoon they play, "Ich hatt' einen Kameraden". They calim it can be heard up to 30 miles away. They are honoring the soldiers of both wars.
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24 November 2000, 01:17 PM
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I hope that these suggestions are someday implemented, and I agree that each nation's Great War top aces should be recognized. My hope would be that if and when they are, the people in those places remain aware of who these great aviators were. I hate to say that the average person around Luke AFB most likely couldn't tell you the first thing about who
Frank Luke, Jr. was.
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