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词条 Alvin Andrew Callender
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  1. Biography

  2. See also

  3. References

  4. External links

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|07|04}}
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| birth_place = New Orleans, Louisiana
| death_place = Near Ghislain, France
| placeofburial = Valenciennes (St. Roch) Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
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  • No. 32 Squadron RAF

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}}Alvin Andrew Callender (4 July 1893 – 30 October 1918) was an American pursuit pilot and a flying ace in World War I.[1]

He died near Ghislain, France in combat on 30 October 1918[2]

Biography

Born in New Orleans in 1893, he was a graduate of Tulane University with a degree in architecture. Callender served on the Mexican border with the National Guard in 1916.[2]

Callender joined the Royal Flying Corps at Camp Baden, Canada in June 1917. He attended RFC training schools at Fort Worth, Texas and also in England, where he was at the Central Flying School. He was deployed to France and assigned to 32 Squadron, equipped with SE-5As. Shortly after his second victory he was shot down by an enemy fighter on 10 June, but survived unhurt. He was promoted to flight commander in early September 1918, however, on 30 October he was again shot down. He crashed within British lines and later died of his injuries. He was awarded with eight aerial victories, his last being achieved on 24 September 1918.[1]

New Orleans' first municipal airport was named Alvin Callender Field in 1926.[2]

See also

{{Portal|World War I|Biography}}
  • List of World War I flying aces from the United States

References

1. ^Franks (1992) Over the Front: A Complete Record of the Fighter Aces and Units of the United States and French Air Services, 1914-1918 , Grub Street the Basement; First edition (May 1992), {{ISBN|0948817542}}
2. ^theaerodrome.com Alvin Andrew Callender
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External links

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