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Wall of Honor Level: Air and Space Sponsor
Honored by:
Mr. Joseph Freitag Jr.
Joseph Freitag, Sr. was a designer and then Superintendent of the Sperry Gyroscope Company, Great Neck, N.Y.
His contributions in 40 years of service 1929-1969:
Pre-World War II: Anti-aircraft Searchlight & Aircraft Sound Direction Finder, Gyrocompass for the Queen Mary and other luxury liners, Naval Ship Compass systems and stabilization.
World War II: most significant contribution Sperry Bombsight - pioneer avionics for all weather flying.
Post World War II: Naval Missile System Guidance Radars, NASA Satellite Tracking and Radar Systems
Born: Stuttgart Germany 1904, lives in San Marcos, California.
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