RICHARD BERNARD BARNITZ 1891-1960

Barnitz, R.B., 2nd LT., 14th CAV from Aerospace Historian, Vol 27, NO. 2, Summer/June 1980 Courtesy of John C. Barnitz

Col. Richard Barnitz from Los Angeles World Airports Courtesy of John C. Barnitz

Top Row, Left to Right: Curry, JF., Cowan, AS, Lahm, FP, Bryan, RW, Madison, IM, Heffernan, LG, Johnson, D., McDonnell, JC, Russell, CW, Kirby, Maxwell, Brett, GH, Scanlon, MF, Reinburg, GEA, Robertson, WA, Martin, HS. Bottom Row, Left to Right: Bartholf, JC, Butts, JW, Brooks, JB, Davidson, MC, Barnitz, RB, Walker, JC, Richards, HHC, Atkinson, BM, Harrison, MF, Spatz, Carl, Brown, RS, Royce, Ralph, Wheeler, SH.

U. S. Signal Corps Aviation School North Island, San Diego, CA. 1916 from AEROSPACE HISTORIAN, Vol. 27, No. 3, Summer/June 1980      Pictured above are members of the U.S. Signal Corps Aviation School of 1916, courtesy of Maj. Gen. Kendall, USAF (Ret.). General Russell found the photograph among his father's (Brig. Gen. Clinton W. Russell, Air Corps) memorabilia. Among those pictured is Carl Spaatz, first Air Force Chief of Staff. According to General Russell, the picture indicates the spelling as "Spatz" and dates prior to his adding an a to improve the odds on strangers' correct pronunciation.      2nd Lt. R. B. Barnitz, 14th Cav, was a member of this graduating class and is seen in the lower row, fifth from the left..

 

NEW MEMBERS      RICHARD B. BARNITZ, 1847 West 78 St., Los Angeles, Calif. Lieutenant Barnitz carried off FAI number 560 in 1916, soloing in April at San Diego in a Martin TT; now director of aeronautics for Los Angeles Municipal Airport. from CHIRP - AUGUST, 1936 - LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - NUMBER 20. courtesy of Steve Remington - CollectAir

 

GENEALOGICAL NOTES via email from Arnold Sprague, 11-28-07 Mr. Cooper,      My uncle married Wilhelmina Gibbs (1905-1991), daughter of Mary Barnitz (1877-????). I believe that Mary Barnitz is the sister of Richard Bernard Barnitz (1891-????), Arnold Webmaster The Sprague Project http://www.sprague-database.org/

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "Richard Barnitz", using the Google search engine, (12-2-07), you will find about 30 links, several of which are relevant. The one cited below is very helpful and yielded the photo of him which you see at the top of this page.

LAWA Executive Directors A Parade of Visionaries - 1928-1938      This page offers a paragraph which recounts the story of Richard Barnitz when he was a director of Mines Field in Los Angeles. You can access the pdf file by clicking on the title above.      This website was recommended by John Barnitz, 11-10-03, to whom we are very grateful.

 

Richard B. Barnitz died in 1960 From The Early Birds of Aviation ROSTER, 1996   Back