JOHN C. WALKER, JR.

FIRST MILITARY AVIATION SCHOOL, 1911 The first Military Aviation School in the United States opened on North Island January 17, 1911. Instructor, Glenn Curtiss, center. Students, left to right: Lieutenant T. G. Ellyson, Navy; First Lieutenant Paul W. Beck, Army; Second Lieutenant G. E. M. Kelly, Army; Second Lieutenant John C. Walker Jr., Army. From Jackrabbits to Jets The History of North Island, San Diego, California By Elretta Sudsbury

Tennessee Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: April, 1910, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 3-31-04       These men have received orders from the war department at Washington to proceed to the manoever division at San Antonio to participate in "aviation work." Two aviation camps will be established at the manoever division - one for the Curtiss machine and the other for the Wright aeroplane.       Three separate portraits of Lieutenants Paul W. Beck, George M. Kelly, and John C. Walker, Jr. Bob Davis

 

A BRIEF HISTORY OF KELLY AFB: You will find a brief mention of John Walker on this Kelly USA website. To access the site, just click on: John C. Walker, Jr. You may want to use the "Find" tool on "Walker." Editor's Note: This corrected link was kindly supplied by Paul Proft. 1-4-02   Editor's Note: If you have any information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back