naval avaitor #1

Hi group:

Can anyone here point me to a page that will tell me who
Naval Aviator #1 is? I found #5 but after a day of looking
cannot find before that.
from what I can glean every aviator is given a number
when they are put in service, someone must be the first.
also what is it up to now?

TIA
Dave G.

Can anyone here point me to a page that will tell me who
Naval Aviator #1 is?

Wouldn't that be Eugene Ely? Since he was the first to actually fly off a
ship, and be in the Navy, ...? Just a guess of course.

v/r
Gordon
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"DAVE GEE" wrote in news:104g5034eb2o686
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Hi group:

Can anyone here point me to a page that will tell me who
Naval Aviator #1 is? I found #5 but after a day of looking
cannot find before that.
from what I can glean every aviator is given a number
when they are put in service, someone must be the first.
also what is it up to now?


Right here!

http://www.history.navy.mil/avh-1910/APP01.PDF

The first 15 (read in four columns):
Naval Navy Air
Aviator Pilot
Number Name Service Number
1 Ellyson, Theodore G. USN 1
2 Rodgers, John USN
3 Towers, John H. USN 2
4 Herbster, Victor D. USN 5
5 Cunningham, Alfred A. USMC 14
6 Smith, Bernard L. USMC 6
7 Chevalier, Godfrey deC USN 7
8 Bellinger, Patrick N. L. USN 4
9 Billingsley, William D. USN
10 Murray, James M. USN
11 Mustin, Henry C. USN 3
12 McIlvain, William M. USMC 9
13 Richardson, Holden C. USN 12
14 Saufley, Richard C. USN 8
15 Bronson, Clarence K. USN 10

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"For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes
turned skyward;
For there you have been, and there you long to return."
Leonardo da Vinci

from what I can glean every aviator is given a number
when they are put in service, someone must be the first.
also what is it up to now?

The USN stopped issuing "Naval Aviator Numbers" sometime before I got my
wings in 74.

****er,
Frank

"DAVE GEE" wrote in message
...
Hi group:

Can anyone here point me to a page that will tell me who
Naval Aviator #1 is? I found #5 but after a day of looking
cannot find before that.
from what I can glean every aviator is given a number
when they are put in service, someone must be the first.
also what is it up to now?

TIA
Dave G.

from what I can glean every aviator is given a number
when they are put in service, someone must be the first.
also what is it up to now?

The USN stopped issuing "Naval Aviator Numbers" sometime before I got my
wings in 74.

I got my wings early in 1951. My number, preceded by a V, is about
1500 (not sure it's a good idea to publish the exact number).

But there MUST have been more than 1500 naval aviators prior to 1951.

Can anyone explain?

vince norris

Thanks all for the great information!
This is a very interesting group.

Dave G.

vincent p. norris wrote

I got my wings early in 1951. My number, preceded by a V, is about
1500 (not sure it's a good idea to publish the exact number).

Hmmmm....strange, I never questioned my Sept 25, 1959 number
of 15753.

Bob Moore

Robert Moore wrote in
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vincent p. norris wrote

I got my wings early in 1951. My number, preceded by a V, is about
1500 (not sure it's a good idea to publish the exact number).

Hmmmm....strange, I never questioned my Sept 25, 1959 number
of 15753.

Bob Moore

Here's a link from my previous post for an explanation of how the system
worked back then. They changed how they issued numbers a couple of times.

Dave in San Diego
AT1 USN Ret.

--
-
"For once you have tasted flight, you will walk the earth with your eyes
turned skyward;
For there you have been, and there you long to return."
Leonardo da Vinci

I got my wings early in 1951. My number, preceded by a V, is about
1500 (not sure it's a good idea to publish the exact number).

Hmmmm....strange, I never questioned my Sept 25, 1959 number
of 15753.

Bob Moore

Doesn't it seem odd, Bob, that the numbers went from 1 to 1500 in
almost half a century, which included WW II, and then from 1500 to
15,000 in less than a decade?

vince norris

Dave in San Diego wrote
Here's a link from my previous post for an explanation of how the system
worked back then. They changed how they issued numbers a couple of times.

Hmmm...must be going blind, can't see the link. :-)

Bob Moore