LT. JOHN BURNS

 

O. E. Williams School of Aviation via email from Nancy Mess, 1-18-06 Niece of O. E Williams 1930, OCT 27 American Aero Philatelic Digest and Canadian Stamp Journal; Vol. 1, No. 3, p.1 and 8. The Fenton Michigan Memorial. The CHAMBER OF COMMERCE of Fenton, Michigan arranged the commemorative of twelve men (listed below) who gave their lives in the development of aeronautics. A cachet was arranged showing the names of those men. Letters arrived from all parts of the world to be mailed with the special cachet applied. 5,300 letters went into the mail on that Memorial Day, 1929. "TO THE STUDENTS OF THE WILLIAMS SCHOOL OF AVIATION AND OTHERS OF OUR YOUNG MEN WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AVIATION" O. E. Williams Al Boshek Ransom Fowler Don McGee Harold Bruner Leroy Wilson Lt. Cyrus Bettis (served in WW1) Lt. John Burns (served in WW1) Capt. E. G. Knapp (served in WW1) Lt. J. Thad Johnson (served in WW1) Sid Robberts Elwood Junken

I have no information as to the dates of his birth or of his death.   If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper

 

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