Naval Air Station in Jacksonville, Florida
Title
Naval Air Station in Jacksonville , Florida
Description
Eddie Rickenbacker giving a speech at the Naval Air Station in Jacksonville , Florida . Caption on verso reads , "Change of command of VP-16 . Capt . Eddie Rickenbacker addresses the personnel of VP-16 on his adventures during the early part of WWII and the part of CDR . Boutte in the drama. " Commander Lester H . Boutte was being installed as the new commander of VP-16 . Boutte was a radioman aboard an amphibious scouting plane in 1942 when he spotted Rickenbacker and two others on a life raft in the Pacific where they had been lost at sea for three weeks .
Creator
Official Photograph U . S . Navy
Publisher
Auburn University Libraries
Date
1963-04-30
Decade
1960s
LC Subject Headings
Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 Air pilots -- United States Fighter pilots -- United States Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 Naval Air Station Jacksonville (Fla.) World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations Rescues
Format
JPEG
Type
Image
Technical Information
Black and White Photo
Accession Number
101-96-066-2-326
Collection
Eddie Rickenbacker Papers
Repository
Auburn University . Special Collections and Archives
Language
eng
Rights
This image is the property of the Auburn University Libraries and is intended for non-commercial use. Users of the image are asked to acknowledge the Auburn University Libraries. For information about obtaining high-resolution copies of this and other images in this collection, please contact the Auburn University Libraries Special Collections & Archives Department at archives@auburn.edu or (334) 844-1732.
Submitted by
Abernethy , Lynn
Date Submitted
2006-08-29
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