Biographies
Koestler-Grack, Rachel. (2003). Eddie Rickenbacker (Famous Flyers). Chelsea House Publications.
Rickenbacker, Eddie. (1943). Seven Came Through. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Doran.
Rickenbacker, Edward V. (1967). Rickenbacker: an Autobiography. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, Inc.
Insignia
Aldebol, Tony. (2001). Army Air Force and United States Air Force Decorations, Medals, Ribbons, Badges and Insignia, 1941-1997. New York: Penguin Books.
Borts, Lawrence H. (1998). U.S. Military Medals 1939 to Present. Fountain Inn, SC: Medals of America Press. s
Maguire, Jon A. (1994). Silver Wings, Pinks and Greens: Uniforms, Wings & Insignia of USAAF Airmen in World War II. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing.
|
his small metal ring encircling a hat was the insignia for the 94th Aero Pursuit Squadron, a group of fliers during World War I. One of the members of the squadron was Eddie Rickenbacker. Before the War, Rickenbacker was an internationally known racecar driver. He went on to become the president of Eastern Airlines. On March 20, 1942, Rickenbacker was honored at the Mission Inn. He was the fifty-seventh flier to have copper wings added to the Famous Fliers Wall. Later that same year, Rickenbacker was on an inspection trip for the United States when his plane crashed into the Pacific Ocean. Rickenbacker and six others survived on rubber rafts for twenty-four days before being rescued.