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 Summary

Lieutenant Frank Stuart Patterson (1896--1918) served with the US Army Air Service's Officers' Reserve Corps. Patterson was killed in a crash at Wilbur Wright Field while testing a machine gun synchronization method in a de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4. In 1931, the Fairfield Air Depot was renamed Patterson Field in his honor. This field was later subsumed into Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. This collection consists of Patterson's pilot's license, two passes to Dayton Wright Airplane Co. facilities, and his Aero Club of America membership card.

 Biographical / Historical

Lieutenant Frank Stuart Patterson (1896--1918) joined the aviation section of the Enlisted Reserve Corps on May 21, 1917. After ground school at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and flight training in Buffalo, New York, Patterson was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Officers' Reserve Corps at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. He was later transferred to Wilbur Wright Field and began work in testing aircraft. Lt. Patterson was tragically killed there in 1918 while testing a machine gun synchronization method in a de Havilland (Airco) D.H.4. In 1931, the Fairfield Air Depot was renamed Patterson Field in his honor. This field was later subsumed into Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

 Identifier

NASM.1996.0050

Creator

Patterson, Frank Stuart, 1896-1918

Date

1916-1918

Provenance

Transfer from National Air and Space Museum Aeronautics Department, 1996, NASM.1996.0050

Extent

0.05 Cubic feet (1 folder)

Archival Repository

National Air and Space Museum Archives

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of Frank Stuart Patterson's pilot's license, two passes to Dayton Wright Airplane Co. facilities, and his Aero Club of America membership card.

Arrangement note

Collection is arranged chronologically.

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Citation

Lieutenant Frank Stuart Patterson License and Badges, NASM.1996.0050, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.

Topics

Aeronautics

Air pilots

Type

Collection descriptions

Archival materials

Ephemera