Lt. no.1 SQD D.F.C (Distinguished Flying Cross) R.F.C (Royal Flying Corps.)
New England's greatest Ace
16 planes
Kullberg was born in Somerville, Mass., and attended Wentworth Institute, Boston. He was trained in flying in Canada, Texas, France and England, and joined the royal flying corps in August 1917.
He was awarded the distinguished flying cross and the royal flying cross.
Rejected by the United States Air Service for being too short, Harold Albert Kullberg joined the Royal Flying Corps in Canada on 7 August 1917. He was promoted to temporary 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) on 12 December 1917.
In May 1918 he joined 1 Squadron in France to fly the S.E.5a. Scoring his final victory on 16 September 1918, Kullberg was hotly pursued by the companions of the Fokker D.VII he'd just shot down. Severely wounded three times in the leg, he spent the remainder of the war in hospital.
Post-war he was president of the Akron Aeronautical Association.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 6.— Harold A. Kullberg, 28, one of the best known airplane pilots in the country, and who during the World War, as a lieutenant in the British Royal Flying Corps, bagged fourteen German planes, and Henry Dunker, 34, of Hudson, Ohio, were killed Tuesday night when a commercial airplane in which they were flying, went into a nose dive and crashed 2000 feet near Hudson, Ohio.
Kullberg was president of the Akron Aeronautical Association.
Mr. Dunker was a pupil in Mr. Kullberg's plane, so built that men in both seats could control it. Kullberg lost control of the machine and Dunker was unable to right it. Both men were buried in the wreckage.
New England's greatest Ace
16 planes
Kullberg was born in Somerville, Mass., and attended Wentworth Institute, Boston. He was trained in flying in Canada, Texas, France and England, and joined the royal flying corps in August 1917.
He was awarded the distinguished flying cross and the royal flying cross.
Rejected by the United States Air Service for being too short, Harold Albert Kullberg joined the Royal Flying Corps in Canada on 7 August 1917. He was promoted to temporary 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) on 12 December 1917.
In May 1918 he joined 1 Squadron in France to fly the S.E.5a. Scoring his final victory on 16 September 1918, Kullberg was hotly pursued by the companions of the Fokker D.VII he'd just shot down. Severely wounded three times in the leg, he spent the remainder of the war in hospital.
Post-war he was president of the Akron Aeronautical Association.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 6.— Harold A. Kullberg, 28, one of the best known airplane pilots in the country, and who during the World War, as a lieutenant in the British Royal Flying Corps, bagged fourteen German planes, and Henry Dunker, 34, of Hudson, Ohio, were killed Tuesday night when a commercial airplane in which they were flying, went into a nose dive and crashed 2000 feet near Hudson, Ohio.
Kullberg was president of the Akron Aeronautical Association.
Mr. Dunker was a pupil in Mr. Kullberg's plane, so built that men in both seats could control it. Kullberg lost control of the machine and Dunker was unable to right it. Both men were buried in the wreckage.
Lt. no.1 SQD D.F.C (Distinguished Flying Cross) R.F.C (Royal Flying Corps.)
New England's greatest Ace
16 planes
Kullberg was born in Somerville, Mass., and attended Wentworth Institute, Boston. He was trained in flying in Canada, Texas, France and England, and joined the royal flying corps in August 1917.
He was awarded the distinguished flying cross and the royal flying cross.
Rejected by the United States Air Service for being too short, Harold Albert Kullberg joined the Royal Flying Corps in Canada on 7 August 1917. He was promoted to temporary 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) on 12 December 1917.
In May 1918 he joined 1 Squadron in France to fly the S.E.5a. Scoring his final victory on 16 September 1918, Kullberg was hotly pursued by the companions of the Fokker D.VII he'd just shot down. Severely wounded three times in the leg, he spent the remainder of the war in hospital.
Post-war he was president of the Akron Aeronautical Association.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 6.— Harold A. Kullberg, 28, one of the best known airplane pilots in the country, and who during the World War, as a lieutenant in the British Royal Flying Corps, bagged fourteen German planes, and Henry Dunker, 34, of Hudson, Ohio, were killed Tuesday night when a commercial airplane in which they were flying, went into a nose dive and crashed 2000 feet near Hudson, Ohio.
Kullberg was president of the Akron Aeronautical Association.
Mr. Dunker was a pupil in Mr. Kullberg's plane, so built that men in both seats could control it. Kullberg lost control of the machine and Dunker was unable to right it. Both men were buried in the wreckage.
New England's greatest Ace
16 planes
Kullberg was born in Somerville, Mass., and attended Wentworth Institute, Boston. He was trained in flying in Canada, Texas, France and England, and joined the royal flying corps in August 1917.
He was awarded the distinguished flying cross and the royal flying cross.
Rejected by the United States Air Service for being too short, Harold Albert Kullberg joined the Royal Flying Corps in Canada on 7 August 1917. He was promoted to temporary 2nd Lieutenant (on probation) on 12 December 1917.
In May 1918 he joined 1 Squadron in France to fly the S.E.5a. Scoring his final victory on 16 September 1918, Kullberg was hotly pursued by the companions of the Fokker D.VII he'd just shot down. Severely wounded three times in the leg, he spent the remainder of the war in hospital.
Post-war he was president of the Akron Aeronautical Association.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 6.— Harold A. Kullberg, 28, one of the best known airplane pilots in the country, and who during the World War, as a lieutenant in the British Royal Flying Corps, bagged fourteen German planes, and Henry Dunker, 34, of Hudson, Ohio, were killed Tuesday night when a commercial airplane in which they were flying, went into a nose dive and crashed 2000 feet near Hudson, Ohio.
Kullberg was president of the Akron Aeronautical Association.
Mr. Dunker was a pupil in Mr. Kullberg's plane, so built that men in both seats could control it. Kullberg lost control of the machine and Dunker was unable to right it. Both men were buried in the wreckage.
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