Albert Cushing Read
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Albert Cushing Read, Sr. was an aviator and rear admiral in the United States Navy. He and his crew made the first transatlantic flight in the NC-4, a Curtiss NC flying boat.
Read in 1919
Grave at Arlington National Cemetery
John Henry Towers
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John Henry Towers CBE was a highly decorated United States Navy four-star admiral and pioneer naval aviator. He made important contributions to the technical and organizational development of naval av
Albert Cushing Read
…John Rodgers - U.S. Naval Aviator No. 2, commander of first flight to Hawaii (1925) John Henry Towers - U.S. Naval Aviator No. 3 Albert Read at ArlingtonCemetery.net, an unofficial website…
Towers circa 1946
Early Naval Aviators: Towers is seated second from left. Glenn Curtiss at controls. Theodore Ellyson at the nose wheel of the plane.
The NC-3, commanded by Towers, limps into the Azores after an attempt to cross the Atlantic
Officers of the Transatlantic Flight, Towers with walking cane, beside him are future admirals Patrick N. L. Bellinger and Albert C. Read.