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Albert Cushing Read

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Albert Cushing Read (29 March, 1887 - 10 October, 1967) was a United States aviator and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy.

Read was born in Lyme, New Hampshire into a Boston Brahmin family. He attended the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, graduating in the Class of 1907. In 1915, he was designated Naval Aviator No. 24. In 1919, Read commanded the NC-4 flying boat, the first aircraft to make a transatlantic flight.

Read trained Naval Aviators through World War II.

He died in retirement in Florida in 1967, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.


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