BERT M. ATKINSON -1937

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ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Bert M. Atkinson +aviation" using Google, (08-13-03), you will find about 35 links. Of them, one of the most helpful is:   AUBURN UNIVERSITY SPECIAL COLLECTIONS & ARCHIVES DEPARTMENT      On it you will find a brief but comprehensive biography. In addition, under the title Scope/Content, you will find an informative description of the contents of the archive which offers some details of the events in his career. To access the site, just click on the title above.

 

ATKINSON AT ST. MIHIEL, 1918 Billy Mitchell selected Maj. Bert M. Atkinson as wing commander, 1st Pursuit Wing. To read the whole story from the Airforce Magazine, just click on: Bert M. Atkinson You may want to use the "Find" function on "Atkinson"

 

Lt. Col. Bert M. Atkinson Dies, 1937      Liutenant Colonel Bert M. Atkinson, son of Georgia Governor and Mrs. W. Y. Atkinson, died after a long period of illness at the Fitzsimmons General Hospital, Denver, April 27, 1937, and was buried on April 30 at his old home, Newnan, Georgia. Captain Atkinson won his JMA June 5, 1916, and saw air service on the Mexican border. He was overseas in 1918 and organized the First Pursuit Group, whose members included Rickenbacker, Harold Hartney, Meissner and Frank Luke. In his command of the First Pursuit Wing were personnel of the Lafayette. Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt was in the latter. Colonel Atkinson retired from the Army in 1922 after a distinguished career. from CHIRP - MARCH 1, 1939 - DEARBORN, MICHIGAN. - NUMBER 23. courtesy of Steve Remington - CollectAir

 

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