Eddie Rickenbacker Portrait of a Legend
Eddie Rickenbacker Portrait of a Legend Poster Art.
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker (born Edward Rickenbacher, October 8, 1890 – July 23, 1973) was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war. He was also a racing driver, an automotive designer, and a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines. This Portrait of a Legend Poster Art looks stunning in any home, office or conference room!
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Eddie Rickenbacker Portrait of a Legend Poster Art by Squadron Posters!
Rickenbacker was born Edward Rickenbacher in Columbus, Ohio. He was the third of eight children born to German-speaking Swiss immigrants, Lizzie (née Liesl Basler) and Wilhelm Rickenbacher. Later in life, he changed the spelling of his last name to Rickenbacker and adopted a middle name, Vernon. His father worked for breweries and street-paving crews and his mother Lizzie took in laundry to supplement the family income. In 1893, his father owned a construction company. With a loan from Lizzie’s parents, the couple purchased a lot and built a small home at 1334 East Livingston Avenue, 2 miles southeast of downtown at the edge of the city limits in 1893. The house lacked running water, indoor plumbing, and electricity. This is where “Edd”, as he was called by his parents, spent his childhood. After the Wright brothers’ first airplane flight, Rickenbacker tried to “fly” a bicycle outfitted with an umbrella off of his friend’s barn roof.
In late May 1917, a week before he was to race in Cincinnati, Rickenbacker was invited to sail to England with General John J. Pershing. By mid-June, he was in France, where he enlisted in the United States infantry. A chance encounter with Captain James Miller on the Champs-Elysees put Rickenbacker on the track to becoming a fighter pilot. Miller asked Rickenbacker to be the chief engineer at the flight school and aerodrome he was establishing at Issoudun. Rickenbacker bargained for the chance to learn to fly at the French flight school outside Toul. He received five weeks of training or 25 hours in the air in September 1917. Then, he went to Issoudun to start constructing the United States Air Service’s pursuit training facility. He would eventually become the commander of the 94th Aero Squadron and would eventually receive the Distinguished Service Cross a record number of eight times. In 1930, one of these awards was upgraded to the Medal of Honor. In addition, he received the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre from France. Officially, he brought down 26 aircraft during the war (though several more were reportedly unconfirmed), making him the United States “Ace of Aces” for the war. His 26 victories remained the American record until Richard Bong’s forty victories in World War II. Check out this stunning Eddie Rickenbacker Portrait of a Legend Poster Art by Squadron Posters!
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