38mm Dress Mess
"Tiffany- Bronze" |
The George Crompton Group
A native of Worcester, Massachusetts and a graduate of Harvard University, George Crompton enrolled in the Navy as a Quartermaster First Class on 1 May 1917. A member of the first lighter-than-air class trained by the Goodyear Rubber Company at Akron, Ohio, he was designated Naval Aviator Number 100 on 21 September 1917. His wartime service included duty at Naval Air Station (NAS) Montauk, France, and NAS Rockaway, Long Island where he participated in early experiments operating JN-4 Jenny airplanes from the C-1 blimp.
Credit: National Museum of Naval Aviation |
70mm Pilot "Blackington Sterling" |
