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Gustave A. Whitehead flies before Wright Brothers Bradley International Airport honors Eugene M. Bradley Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Connecticut, was named in honor of the late Lt. Eugene M. Bradley of the 57th Fighter Group. In commemoration, the field on which he lost his life was officially designated, on. |
Gustave A. Whitehead photographed with a Powered-Batwing aircraft A Curtiss P-40B belonging to the 57th Fighter Group, and similar to the one in which Lt. Eugene Bradley met his death.
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January 20, 1942, "Army Air Base, Bradley Field, Connecticut:" Lt. Bradley's name has remained on the airport in spite of attempts in the past to change it. Today it is known as Bradley International Airport, the principal airport in Connecticut. "Jimmy" Viner rescues two men The first civilian helicopter rescue took place in November 1945, off Fairfield, Connecticut. An Army R-5 was flown by Sikorsky pilot Dimitry "Jimmy" Viner to rescue two men from an oil barge that was breaking up on Penfield Reef during a storm. |
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