George B. King Scrapbook
George B. King (1905-1939) was born in Gainesville, Florida and graduated from Princeton University in 1928. After his graduation, King joined the Naval Reserve Air Crops. In 1933, King became an apprentice pilot with Pan American Airways and was a copilot on the China Clipper during its first scheduled air mail flight across the Pacific Ocean in November of 1935. King died on August 13, 1939, when the Pan American clipper he was piloting during a Miami - Rio de Janerio flight struck a crane on the dock in the Rio de Janeiro harbor, killing fourteen people.
Identifier
NASM.1994.0026
Creator
King, George B., 1905-1939
Date
1919-1939
Provenance
John Bainbridge Safford, gift, 1993, 1994-0026, NASM
Extent
0.51 Cubic feet ((1 flatbox) (1 folder))
Restrictions
No restrictions on access
General
NASMrev
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of a scrapbook containing photographs relating to King's aviation career, as well as some images of his family and Princeton University. There is also a photograph of the China Clipper, autographed by the crew, including King and the pilot, Captain Ed Musick.
Genre/Form
Scrapbooks
Photographs
Rights
Material is subject to Smithsonian Terms of Use. Should you wish to use NASM material in any medium, please submit an Application for Permission to Reproduce NASM Material, available at Permissions Requests
Creator
King, George B., 1905-1939
Names
Pan American World Airways, Inc.
King, George B., 1905-1939
Musick, Ed
Topic
Martin Model 130 Clipper
Aeronautics
Aeronautics, Commercial -- United States
Air pilots
Air mail service
Archival Repository
National Air and Space Museum Archives
