Title	Eddie Rickenbacker (related to his Pacific mission)
Description	Eddie Rickenbacker during a radio address in San Francisco, California. The photograph was taken in September, 1942. Rickenbacker was lost at sea for twenty-four days after the B-17 he was on went down in the Pacific in October, 1942. This photograph was used with a news story while he was missing in the Pacific. News story on verso reads, "San Francisco --- This photo of Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, who gained fame as American "ace" during World War I, and then became a prominent airline executive, and still later rejoined the Air Force, was made during a visit to San Franciso last September when he made a radio address here. Rickenbacker has been reported missing while on an inspection tour of the Pacific by bomber... sent 10-24-42."
Creator	International News Photo
Publisher	Auburn University Libraries
Date	1942-10-24
Decade	1940s
LC Subject Headings	Rickenbacker, Eddie, 1890-1973 Air pilots, Military Aircraft accidents Rescues World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Ocean World War, 1939-1945 -- Search and rescue operations
Format	JPEG
Type	Image
Technical Information	Black and White Photo
Accession Number	101-96-066-3-267
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	2006-10-11