ORIG. WW1 USMC 1st MARINE AVIATION FORCE PILOT CAPT. KENNETH COLLINGS AUTOGRAPH For Sale
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ORIG. WW1 USMC 1st MARINE AVIATION FORCE PILOT CAPT. KENNETH COLLINGS AUTOGRAPH:
$245.00
ORIGINAL WW1 USMC 1st MARINE AVIATION FORCE PILOT \" CAPTAIN KENNETH BROWN COLLINGS \" AUTOGRAPHPART OF CLARA ADAMS AVIATION COLLECTION THISKENNETH COLLINGSAUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION IN BLUE FOUNTAIN PEN TO AVIATRIX CLARA ADAMS IS ON THE BACK OF A PHYSICAL CULTURE HOTEL INC. ENVELOPE FROM A LECTURE SHE WAS ATTENDING:
TO: CLARA ADAMS KENNETH COLLINGS
TO CLARA ADAMS KENNETH COLLINGS
CONDITION IS VERY GOOD WITH A FOLD LINE. (PLEASE SEE PICTURE) A PENCILED NOTATION BELOW THE DOUBLEINSCRIBEDAUTOGRAPH IS WRITTEN BY CLARA ADAMS :
SUNDAY AUG 22 \'37 PHYSICAL CULTURE HOTEL LECTURER **CAPTAINKENNETH BROWN COLLINGSWAS BORN IN LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, AND WAS A GRADUATE OF WASHINGTON AND LEE UNIVERSITY. HE WAS A MARINE CORPS FLYER OVERSEAS DURING WORLD WAR I AND ROSE TO THE RANKS OF CAPTAIN AND FLEW IN HAITI DURING THE 1919 INSURRECTION. HE JOINED THE MARINE CORPS RESERVE IN 1921 AND TOOK UP BARNSTORMING, DOING DARE-DEVIL STUNTS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY AND A FEW YEARS LATER JOINED THE PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS. FOR TEN YEARS HE WROTE FICTION AND AVIATION ARTICLES,WHICH HE SOLD TO NUMEROUS MAGAZINES. HE ALSO WROTE SEVERAL BOOKS WITH ONE TITLED: JUST FOR THE HELL OF IT. HE DIED IN A WW2 TRANSPORT SHIP WITH 111 OTHER U.S. PILOTS IN ROUTE TO GREATBRITAIN WHEN IT WAS TORPEDOED.
* CLARA ADAMS, KNOWN AS THE \"FIRST FIGHTER\" AND THE \"MAIDEN OF MAIDEN FLIGHTS,\" WAS AN AVIATOR WHO SET A VARIETY OF FLYING RECORDS. SHE HELPED POPULARIZE AIR TRAVEL AND IS KNOWN FOR BEING THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC AS A PASSENGER ABOARD THE GRAF ZEPPELIN. SHE WAS ALSO ON BOARD THE ZEPPELIN LZ-129 HINDENBURG\'S 1ST NORTH AMERICAN FLIGHT.
>PERIOD NEWSPAPER PORTRAIT PICTURE OFCAPTAIN KENNETH BROWN COLLINGSSHOWN ABOVE IS NOT INCLUDED.