National Air and Space Museum Archives

Lieutenant Frank Stuart Patterson License and Badges

Summary

Collection ID:
NASM.1996.0050
Creators:
Patterson, Frank Stuart, 1896-1918
Dates:
1916-1918
Languages:
English
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Physical Description:
0.05 Cubic feet
1 folder
Repository:
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.

Scope and Contents

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

Arrangement
Collection is arranged chronologically.

Biographical / Historical

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.

Administration

Author
Kate Igoe
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transfer from National Air and Space Museum Aeronautics Department, 1996, NASM.1996.0050
Processing Information
Arranged and described by Kate Igoe, 1996. Updated and encoded by Jessamyn Lloyd, 2022.

Digital Content


Using the Collection

Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Preferred Citation
Lieutenant Frank Stuart Patterson License and Badges, NASM.1996.0050, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution.
Conditions Governing Use
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.

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