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Eddie Rickenbacker
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war. He was also a racing driver, an automotive designer, and a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines.
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business · American World War I aviator (1890–1973) · fighter pilot · racing automobile driver · military officer · businessperson · entrepreneur · national hero · also Eddie Rickenbacker, Edward Vernon Rickenbacker, Edward V. Rickenbacker, Edward Rickenbacker, Rickenbacker
Born 8 October 1890 · Died 23 July 1973 · Q550707
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2026· 1 entry
2024· 1 entry
Yahoo: Columbus' Eddie Rickenbacker was a race car driver before becoming an 'ace' combat pilot
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2022· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: The aviators : Eddie Rickenbacker, Jimmy Doolittle, Charles Lindbergh, and the epic age of flight / Winston Groom
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2014· 1 entry
c-span: Life of Eddie Rickenbacker
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2009· 1 entry
Musician Todd Snider wrote a song called "Money, Compliments, and Publicity," which revolves around a statement Rickenbacker made indicating that the pinnacle of success is when you lose interest in money, compliments, a
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1980· 1 entry
It was turned over to the Ohio Air National Guard and renamed Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base which shares an airfield with Rickenbacker International Airport
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1977· 1 entry
Adelaide was blind, in failing health, and still grieving severely from the loss of her husband
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1974· 1 entry
Lockbourne Air Force Base, a Strategic Air Command (SAC) installation in Columbus, Ohio was renamed Rickenbacker Air Force Base
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1973· 3 entries
Died 1973-07-23.
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“Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.”
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“The experienced fighting pilot does not take unnecessary risks. His business is to shoot down enemy planes, not to get shot down.”
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1972· 2 entries
Rickenbacker had a stroke that left him in a coma for a short time
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In 1972, Rickenbacker had a stroke that left him in a coma for a short time.
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1967· 1 entry
Rickenbacker published his autobiography, giving a special edition to the employees of Eastern Air Lines
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1965· 1 entry
Awarded National Aviation Hall of Fame (1965).
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1945· 1 entry
Rickenbacker sold the racetrack to the businessman Anton Hulman Jr
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1943· 1 entry
Rickenbacker wrote Seven Came Through about his experience, saying he was lost for 21 days
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1942· 2 entries
With a letter of authorization from Henry L
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Toured training bases in the southwestern United States and England
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1941· 4 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Miami (1941).
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Rickenbacker was a passenger on Eastern Air Lines Flight 21 on a Douglas DC-3 airliner that crashed outside Atlanta, Georgia
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Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Georgia was originally called Rickenbacker Field, in his honor
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Closed the Speedway to conserve gasoline, rubber, and other resources during World War II
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1940· 1 entry
Writing: "Should these gallant British withstand the terrific onslaught of the totalitarian states until the summer of 1941, it is my sincere conviction that by that time this nation will have declared war
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1937· 1 entry
And this personal connection aided his information-gathering
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1931· 2 entries
The family moved to Bronxville, New York
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By a second cousin, Adolph Rickenbacker, Rickenbacker Guitars was given its name because of its association with the already famous Eddie Rickenbacker
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1930· 2 entries
For service near Billy, France on September 25, 1918 (replaced his first Distinguished Service Cross)
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One of these awards was upgraded to the Medal of Honor
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1927· 1 entry
Rickenbacker purchased the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from Carl Fisher for $700,000
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1926· 1 entry
Rickenbacker started Florida Airways, with wartime comrade Reed Chambers
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1925· 2 entries
The Rickenbacker model 8 was the pace car of the Indianapolis 500
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Rickenbacker was a defense witness, along with Hap Arnold, Carl Spaatz, Ira Eaker, and Fiorello H
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1924· 1 entry
Left RMC dealers feeling mistreated and taking a financial hit
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1922· 1 entry
In Cumberland Presbyterian Church of South Beach, Connecticut
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1920· 1 entry
And 1921, he made four transcontinental crossings—twice in Junkers-Larsen JL-6s and twice in de Havilland DH-4s
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1918· 4 entries
Distinguished Service Cross Oak Leaf Cluster for heroism in action near Villecy, France on September 14, 1918
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Achieved his sixth victory, but it would be his last for three and a half months
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Distinguished Service Cross Oak Leaf Cluster for heroism in action over Boise Rate, France on May 28, 1918
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Distinguished Service Cross Oak Leaf Cluster for heroic action over Richecourt, France on May 17, 1918
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1917· 1 entry
Due to his experience as a suspected spy and in order to anglicize his name, he officially changed the spelling of his name from Rickenbacher to Rickenbacker
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1915· 1 entry
Newspapers began spelling his name with a second "k" more frequently, with his active encouragement
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1914· 1 entry
The Duesenberg team separated from their investor, Edward R
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1905· 1 entry
Took an engineering course from the International Correspondence School
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1890· 1 entry
Born 1890-10-08.
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