Russell Maughan
American aviator
Died when: 65 years 24 days (780 months)Star Sign: Aries
Russell Lowell Maughan (March 28, 1893 – April 21, 1958) was an officer in the United States Army and a pioneer aviator.His career began during World War I, and spanned the period in which military aviation developed from a minor arm of the Army Signal Corps to the huge Army Air Forces on the verge of becoming a separate service.
Maughan became a pursuit pilot and served in combat in France in 1918 with the United States Army Air Service.Following the war, he remained in the Air Service and became a test pilot.
In 1924 Maughan completed the first flight across the continental United States within the hours of daylight of a single calendar day.
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