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Photographer: Mark Hilton
Taken: June 23, 2016
Caption: First enlisted pilot - Corporal Vernon L. Burge.
Additional Description: Corporal Vernon L. Burge became the first enlisted pilot three years after the Army bought its first airplane. He was Lt. Benjamin Foulois' mechanic on Signal Corps airplane No. 1 at Ft. Sam Houston, Texas, in 1910, and Lt. Frank Lahm taught him to fly in the Philippines two years later. In August 1912, Burge received aviator's certificate No. 154 from the Federation Aeronautique International and also was promoted to sergeant.
Submitted: June 23, 2016, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
Database Locator Identification Number: p354918
File Size: 1.907 Megabytes

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