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.(Cliff was the son ofWilliam Durant, the founder of General Motors,Chevrolet, and Durant Motors.) They were marriedin Greenwich, Connecticut.1925January 4 David Edward Rickenbacker born.1927 Purchases the Indianapolis speedway for $700,000.1928March 16 William Frost Rickenbacker born.1932April 29 Joins Aviation Corporation.1932 Appointed vice president of North American Aviation.1934February 19 Airmail contracts are cancelled with commercial airlines.Eddie cancels his commission as colonel in the SpecialistReserve in protest of the airmail situation.1935 Becomes general manager of Eastern Air Lines.1938January Buys Eastern Air Lines, becomes both president andgeneral manager of the airline.1941February 26 Survives the Atlanta crash.December 7 Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor.Eddie and Adelaidespend the rest of the day and night following thenews on the radio. 106 CHRONOLOGY1942March Travels to Washington, meets with General Hap Arnoldabout a mission for Eddie in World War II.Summer Inspects air force bases throughout the United States.October 21 Survives a plane crash in the Pacific Ocean with sevenother military servicemen.November 12 After 22 days at sea, Eddie and six survivors are rescuedfrom their life rafts.1943 Publishes Seven Came Through, a book about thePacific ordeal.The profits are donated to the AirForce Aid Society.April Accepts another mission.He secretly arranges a visitto Russia to learn more about their military positionin the war.August 7 Returns to the United States.1947 Sells the Indianapolis Speedway.1959October 1 Retires as president of Eastern Air Lines.1963December 31 Completely retires from active management of EasternAir Lines at age 73.1967 Publishes his autobiography, Rickenbacker.1972 Suffers a stroke, Adelaide worked with doctors andencouraged Eddie to recover.1973 A few months after his stroke, Eddie accompaniesAdelaide to Switzerland for treatment for her failingeyesight.July 23 or 27 (conflicting sources) Dies of a heart attack in Zurich.He was 83 years old. BIBLIOGRAPHY 107Adamson, Hans Christian.Eddie Rickenbacker.New York: MacmillanCompany, 1946.French, Joseph Lewis.Aces of the Air.Springfield, Mass.: McLoughlinBros., Inc., 1930.Kilduff, Peter.Richthofen: Beyond the Legend of the Red Baron.New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993.O,Connell, Robert L.Fast Eddie.New York: William Morrow andCompany, Inc., 1999.Rickenbacker, Edward V.Fighting the Flying Circus: Wings of War.New York: Frederick A.Stokes Company, 1919. .Rickenbacker.Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1967. .Seven Came Through: Rickenbacker s Full Story.Garden City,N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1943.William F.Rickenbacker, ed.From Father to Son: The letters of CaptainEddie Rickenbacker.New York: Walker and Company, 1970.Swarthout, Lind.Captain Eddie Rickenbacker: God Still Answers Prayers.Thayer, Lucien H.America s First Eagles.Whittaker, Lieutenant James C.We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing.New York: E.P.Dutton & Company, Inc., 1948.FURTHER READINGRickenbacker, Edward V.Fighting the Flying Circus: Wings of War.New York: Frederick A.Stokes Company, 1919. .Rickenbacker.Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1967. .Seven Came Through: Rickenbacker s Full Story.Garden City,N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc., 1943.Whittaker, Lieutenant James C.We Thought We Heard the Angels Sing.New York: E.P.Dutton & Company, Inc., 1948. 108 INDEXAdamson, Hans Carlson, Bill, 45 Fokker D-7 fighters, 63,Christian, 78, 81, 84, Chapman, Charley, 62-63 6585, 89, 91 Cherry, Bill, 81, 82, 83, 85, Ford turtleback roadster,Air Force Aid Society, 96 87, 88, 89, 91, 92 30-31Airmail, 70, 72-74 Chevrolet, Louis, 21, 42 Four Horsemen, 47Aitken, Johnny, 48 Churchill, Winston, 81, Frayer, Lee, 33-37, 40,Albatros fighters, 60, 61 101 42-43American Ace of Aces, 7, Coatalen, Louis, 50-51 Frayer-Miller Company,65, 66-68 Columbus, Ohio, 14 33-37American Airlines, 74 Columbus BuggyAmerican Airways, 71, Company, 37, 38-43 Germany, and Russian72, 74 Corkscrew maneuver, 58, offensive, 99-101American Expeditionary 59, 61, 65 Great Depression, 71, 72Force, 54-55 Crawford, John, 28, 29 Greiner, Art, 42 Archie, 58-60, 61Army Air Transport DC-2, 73, 75-76 Hall, Jimmy, 63Command, 81 DeAngelis, John, 82, 84, Harriman, W.Averell,Arnold, H.A. Hap, 85, 88, 89, 92 71, 7212-13, 77, 78, 80, 92, 96 De Palma, Ralph, 42, 47 Harroun, Ray, 42Atlanta crash, 6-13, 77, Dirigible, 21-22 Hat-in-the-Ring, 6178, 79 Dispatch, 20 See also 94th AeroAutomatic pilots, 75-76 Dodd, T.F., 49-50, 55 Pursuit SquadronAviation Corporation Doubleday & Company, Hertz, John, 74(AVCO), 71, 72 96 Hoover, Herbert, 103Duesenberg, Fred, 43 Horsehead Gang, 17-19,Baker, Newton D., 67-68 Duesenberg car, 43-45 30Bartek, Private, 84-85, 88, Duryea, Charles, 20 Horseless carriage, 20,89, 91-92 31-32B-24 bomber, 81 Eastern Air Lines, 8, 74-77, Hun, 63Bendix Aviation 101 Hunter, Frank O D.Company, 71 Eastern Air Transport Monk, 78Bicycle flying machine, 22 Company, 71-72, 74Boeing Flying Fortress, East Main Street public Indianapolis Speedway,81-82 school, 22-23 42-43, 47-48Box procedure, 83 Eisenhower, Dwight, 97 InternationalBoy Scouts, 102-103 Evan s Garage, 31-33 CorrespondenceBryan, William Jennings, School (ICS), 32-3340 Farley, James, 73Buckeye Steel Casting Federal Glass Factory, Jenkins, Burris, Jr., 92Company, 29 26-29, 31Burman, Wild Bob, 42, 46 Firestone-Columbus car, Kaczmarczyk, Alexander,40-43 81, 85, 88-89Campbell, Doug, 62-63 Flying Circus, 63, 65 Keys, Clement M., 72Candlewood Lake Fokker Aircraft Knabenshue, Roy,cottage, 11 Company, 71 21-22 INDEX 109Laemmle, Carl, 67 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron and Air Force AidLeCain, Jack, 53 (Hat-in-the-Ring Squad- Society, 96LeCain, Mary Alice, ron), 58-63, 65, 78, 80 and airmail contracts53-54 North American with commercialLehman, Robert, 71, 72 Aviation, Inc., 72 airliner, 72-74Lend-Lease, 97-98 and Atlanta crash,Lewis, Burgess, 54 Octant, 82, 83 6-13, 77, 78, 79Life, 96 O Donnell, Eddie, 45 and autobiography, 103Life rafts, 94-96 Oldfield, Barney, 45 and AviationLimberg, Carl, 47 Corporation, 71, 72Logs, 94 Pacific Ocean crash, and awards andLufbery, Raoul, 58, 59, 60, 81-93, 94-97 honors, 7, 65, 66-6861, 62 Pearl Harbor attack, 11, 77 birth of, 14Lynd, William L., 81 Pfalz fighters, 63 and book on PacificPioneer Instrument crash, 96MacArthur, Douglas, 92 Company, 71 and canceling commis-MacIntyre, Malcolm A., Prest-O-Life Company, sion as colonel in101 47 Specialist Reserve,McRae, Floyd W
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