Albert Francis Hegenberger

Military Person

1895 – 1983

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Who was Albert Francis Hegenberger?

Albert Francis Hegenberger was a Major General in the United States Air Force and a pioneering aviator who set a flight distance record with Lester J. Maitland, completing the first transpacific flight to Hawaii in 1927 as navigator of the Bird of Paradise. Hegenberger was an aeronautical engineer of note, earning both the Mackay Trophy and Collier Trophy for achievement.

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Born
Sep 30, 1895
Boston
Education
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lived in
  • Dayton
Died
Aug 31, 1983
Goldenrod

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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