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Time Remaining To Bid: 64 days 17 hours 53 mins. 35 secs.
Item Will Close On Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 8:30:00 PM CST

Lot Number: 5937312

Category: L53 - Estate & Personal Collections

BRIG.GENERAL WILLIAM J. FLOOD PERSONAL ESTATE GROUPING

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Brig.General William Flood Retired June 1, 1946.   Died March 20, 1977. In March 1940 he was assigned to Headquarters of an Air Corps Wing, Hickam Field, Hawaii, as Wing Materiel Officer. He was transferred to Fort Shafter in November 1940 and became Assistant Chief of Staff, G-4, Supply, Hawaiian Air Force. He was appointed Commanding Officer, Army Air Base, Wheeler Field, Hawaii, in October 1941, and was wounded in the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor. He was subsequently made Chief of Staff of the Seventh Air Force at Hickam Field. 
He is rated a command pilot, combat observer, airship pilot, balloon pilot and balloon observer. He was the first pilot to pick up mail from the top of a building while in flight, and the first to pick up mail from a ship at sea. He took part in the International Balloon Race in Belgium in 1925, finishing second. For more information go to http://www.af.mil/bios/bio.asp?bioID=10196

Grouping includes 2" size sterling NS Meyer hallmarked WWII AAF Command Pilot wing + 7th AAF sleeve patch. 

These items were obtained from the personal estate of Brig.General William Flood by Mr.Block.

For more information on this collection go to http://www.manions.com/block.htm  Condition: 8

Opening Bid Amount: $20

Current Bid Amount: $22 Total Bids: 2
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