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coast guard aviation background (2910 words) |
 | The Coast Guard was introduced to aviation in 1903 when the surfmen from the Kill Devil Hill Lifeboat Station in North Carolina provided the Wright Brothers with added muscle during the pre-launch activities of that epic flight. |
| In 1928 an aviation section was established at Coast Guard Headquarters under the command of Commander Norman Hall. |
| In 1986 Donald MacDiarmid was enshrined in the Naval Aviation Museum, in Pensacola, Fla. |
| Janis Rucels (618 words) |
| 1928, June - October - was seconded to the 35th Escadrille of the French Air Force in Lyons, where he logged 68 hours and 40 minutes of flight time. |
| Rucels and his officers were sent to the East Prussian aviation commander for reassignment, and he in turn sent them to Danzig where they would be reunited with the Latvian Legion. |
| As the front was rapidly approaching New Brandenburg, these aviators without aircraft (by now about 100 strong, including ground crews) were despatched to Denmark, where they eventually surrendered to the British. |
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