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Capt. Ed. Rickenbacker & group present invitation to Coolidge, [9/14/25]

Capt. Ed. Rickenbacker & group present invitation to Coolidge, [9/14/2...

A group of men standing in front of a white house. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Rickenbacker, Col. W.A. Bishop - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Rickenbacker, Col. W.A. Bishop - Glass negative photogrpah. Public dom...

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Shopping for victory with war bonds. This is what one war bond buys. This is the celebrated fishing kit with which every Navy lifeboat is equipped. Experience of Eddie Rickenbacker and others showed how these kits could provide the means of saving lives at sea. The $18.75 that buys a $25 war bond will pay for three of these kits

Shopping for victory with war bonds. This is what one war bond buys. T...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

World War ace at air safety conference. Washington D.C. Appearing at the Air Safety Conference today at the Department of Commerce, Eddie Rickenbacker, famous World War Ace and now a prominent air line official, proposed that a special review board be established to study causes of air crashes in which a conflict of opinion arises between airline operators and the Bureau of Air Commerce Rickenbacker made the Proposal after viewing a Chart Displayed by Gene Vidal, Air Commece Director, Listing the Primary Cause of 16 of 27 Accidents as Due to "Pilot's Error" Director Vidal (right) Agreed with Rickenbacker, Adding, However, that he was not Speaking for the Department but for himself.

World War ace at air safety conference. Washington D.C. Appearing at t...

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Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. How mileage rationing can save lives on the battlefronts was pointed up dramatically by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, who with six members of his crew were rescued after three weeks adrift on life rafts in the Pacific. "One tire that is not wasted on pleasure driving may save the lives of seven men as ours was saved," Rickenbacker said. One old rubber tire is sufficient to make a three-man raft of the type that saved the party in the Pacific

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. How mileage rationing can save li...

Public domain photograph of the United States military and military-industrial complex before World War Two, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Washington, D.C. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker at a press conference

Washington, D.C. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker at a press conference

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker with officials of the United States Office of Education

Washington, D.C. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker with officials of the Un...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, group of people, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. A life raft built by Mrs. May E. Thompson and Robert S. Barnhart and six members of his crew drifted for three weeks in the Pacific before being picked up. Said Barnhart, when informed of the part they had played in the rescue, "it makes a fellow mighty happy to know that something he has done in the war effort has really cashed in"

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. A life raft built by Mrs. May E. ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of the 1930s - 1940s, woman, female portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Capt. Ed. Rickenbacker, Frank Tichener Jr. at W.H., [9/14/25]

Capt. Ed. Rickenbacker, Frank Tichener Jr. at W.H., [9/14/25]

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Capt. Rickenbacker invites Coolidge to N.Y. Air Races, 9/14/25

Capt. Rickenbacker invites Coolidge to N.Y. Air Races, 9/14/25

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Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. A new B-24E (Liberator) bomber, named for Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and bearing his autograph returns to the airfield at Ford's big Willow Run plant after a successful trial flight. The Liberator is capable of operation at altitudes and over great ranges on precision bombing missions. It has proved itself an excellent performer in the Pacific, in Northern Africa, Europe and the Aleutians. Ford's Willow Run Plant, Michigan

Production. B-24E (Liberator) bombers at Willow Run. A new B-24E (Libe...

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Aircraft warning service. Mrs. E.V. Rickenbacker (second from left) watches as a group of volunteer airplane plotters at a filter center push markers into place. Recruited by the Office of Civilian Defense, the volunteers work in shifts of four to five hours, often coming to the center after a day's work at the office. The plotters report every second or third day, contributing many hours to their work than involved in less exacting civilian defense operations

Aircraft warning service. Mrs. E.V. Rickenbacker (second from left) wa...

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Mrs. Wilson's first flight. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war-time president, completes her first airplane flight. She was in the ship piloted by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, who made a dawn-to-dusk flight from New Orleans to New York and return. A stowaway, Miss Marie Reynolds, extreme right, was discovered and treated royally. From the left: Mrs. Eddie Rickenbacker, wife of the flier; Mrs. Eugene Meyer, wife of the publisher; Capt. Rickenbacker, Mrs. Wilson and Miss Reynolds, who was carried aloft as she sought an interview with Capt. Rickenbacker for her school paper. 1/16/35

Mrs. Wilson's first flight. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war-time...

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L to r: Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, Mrs. W.W. Wilson completing her first extended plane trip. 1-17-35

L to r: Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, Mrs. W.W. Wilson completing her firs...

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Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. They played a part in the rescue of Captain Eddie Rickenbacker and six men of his crew in the Pacific. Elmer K. Brown and Flossie Anson, of Akron, Ohio, built one of the two life rafts on which the party drifted for three weeks. Miss Anson, who has been continuously at work on boats and ballons for the past six years, said "it certainly was a worthwhile thrill and satisfaction to know that we had a share in the making of the boats which effected the rescue of the Rickenbacker party"

Workers on Rickenbacker rescue boat. They played a part in the rescue ...

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Washington, D.C. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker at a press conference

Washington, D.C. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker at a press conference

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Washington, D.C. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker, at a press conference

Washington, D.C. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker, at a press conference

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Washington, D.C. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker, chairman of the High School Victory Corps, with high school students

Washington, D.C. Captain "Eddie" Rickenbacker, chairman of the High Sc...

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Capt. Ed. Rickenbacker & group invite Coolidge to attend N.Y. Air Races, 9/14/25

Capt. Ed. Rickenbacker & group invite Coolidge to attend N.Y. Air Race...

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Mrs. Wilson's first flight. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war-time president, completes her first airplane flight. She was in the ship piloted by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, who made a dawn-to-dusk flight from New Orleans to New York and return. A stowaway, Miss Marie Reynolds, extreme right, was discovered and treated royally. From the left: Mrs. Eddie Rickenbacker, wife of the flier; Mrs. Eugene Meyer, wife of the publisher; Capt. Rickenbacker, Mrs. Wilson and Miss Reynolds, who was carried aloft as she sought an interview with Capt. Rickenbacker for her school paper. 11635

Mrs. Wilson's first flight. Mrs. Woodrow Wilson, widow of the war-time...

A group of people standing in front of a plane, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified caption data on negative or negative sleeve. Gift; Harris & Ewing, Inc. 1955. General infor... More