COL. C. E. FAUNTLEROY
Pioneer Aviator Dies At 71
Fauntleroy Was Pal Of E. Rickenbacker
A pioneer aviator and one time tutor of Eddie Rickenbacker, Col. Cedric Errol Fauntleroy, 71, died at Tucson Medical Center yesterday after a short illness.
Fauntleroy was once a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, a famous squadron of fighting planes during the first World War.
He was born Nov. 22, 1892 in Fayette, Miss.
In 1910 while still a teenager, he gained a reputation as a daredevil dirt track race driver.
Later, he joined the French Foreign Legion and was one of the first air pilots to carry supplies over the Sahara.
When World War I started, Col. Fauntleroy was one of the first pilots to join the Escadrille.
Later, he became one of the first members of the budding U.S. Air Corps, or, as it was then known, the Signal Aviation Corps of the U.S. Army.
It was here that he first met Eddie Rickenbacker, and introduced him to various flying methods developing then.
Rickenbacker later became the most famous American flying ace of World War I.
Fauntleroy received many awards for his European service in WWI and among them was formal recognition by Gen. John J. Pershing for his work as a flight tester at Issoudon, France.
Fauntleroy lived at 3922 N. Tucson Blvd. at the time of his death and in recent years he was notable as a breeder of quarter horses and thoroughbreds.
He won three grand champion quarter horse breeders awards in recent years.
During World War II Fauntleroy owned and operated for the government two western parachute manufacturing plants one in Manti, Utah, and the other in San Diego.
During the period between world wars he had been a businessman, and during the presidential campaign of 1940 he worked on the national campaign committee for Wendell Wilkie.
In October, 1955, Fauntleroy received recognition from the Library of Congress for his donation of the two-volume, original log book of the Polish Kosciusko Squadron which he set up and commanded as a temporary Polish general before WW II.
Fauntleroy is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline F. Green, of Chicago.
Another daughter, Mrs. Joan Morehouse, died in an airplane crash in 1947 while serving as a stewardess with Western Airlines.
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona
28 Nov 1963, Thu • Page
Pioneer Aviator Dies At 71
Fauntleroy Was Pal Of E. Rickenbacker
A pioneer aviator and one time tutor of Eddie Rickenbacker, Col. Cedric Errol Fauntleroy, 71, died at Tucson Medical Center yesterday after a short illness.
Fauntleroy was once a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, a famous squadron of fighting planes during the first World War.
He was born Nov. 22, 1892 in Fayette, Miss.
In 1910 while still a teenager, he gained a reputation as a daredevil dirt track race driver.
Later, he joined the French Foreign Legion and was one of the first air pilots to carry supplies over the Sahara.
When World War I started, Col. Fauntleroy was one of the first pilots to join the Escadrille.
Later, he became one of the first members of the budding U.S. Air Corps, or, as it was then known, the Signal Aviation Corps of the U.S. Army.
It was here that he first met Eddie Rickenbacker, and introduced him to various flying methods developing then.
Rickenbacker later became the most famous American flying ace of World War I.
Fauntleroy received many awards for his European service in WWI and among them was formal recognition by Gen. John J. Pershing for his work as a flight tester at Issoudon, France.
Fauntleroy lived at 3922 N. Tucson Blvd. at the time of his death and in recent years he was notable as a breeder of quarter horses and thoroughbreds.
He won three grand champion quarter horse breeders awards in recent years.
During World War II Fauntleroy owned and operated for the government two western parachute manufacturing plants one in Manti, Utah, and the other in San Diego.
During the period between world wars he had been a businessman, and during the presidential campaign of 1940 he worked on the national campaign committee for Wendell Wilkie.
In October, 1955, Fauntleroy received recognition from the Library of Congress for his donation of the two-volume, original log book of the Polish Kosciusko Squadron which he set up and commanded as a temporary Polish general before WW II.
Fauntleroy is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline F. Green, of Chicago.
Another daughter, Mrs. Joan Morehouse, died in an airplane crash in 1947 while serving as a stewardess with Western Airlines.
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona
28 Nov 1963, Thu • Page
COL. C. E. FAUNTLEROY
Pioneer Aviator Dies At 71
Fauntleroy Was Pal Of E. Rickenbacker
A pioneer aviator and one time tutor of Eddie Rickenbacker, Col. Cedric Errol Fauntleroy, 71, died at Tucson Medical Center yesterday after a short illness.
Fauntleroy was once a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, a famous squadron of fighting planes during the first World War.
He was born Nov. 22, 1892 in Fayette, Miss.
In 1910 while still a teenager, he gained a reputation as a daredevil dirt track race driver.
Later, he joined the French Foreign Legion and was one of the first air pilots to carry supplies over the Sahara.
When World War I started, Col. Fauntleroy was one of the first pilots to join the Escadrille.
Later, he became one of the first members of the budding U.S. Air Corps, or, as it was then known, the Signal Aviation Corps of the U.S. Army.
It was here that he first met Eddie Rickenbacker, and introduced him to various flying methods developing then.
Rickenbacker later became the most famous American flying ace of World War I.
Fauntleroy received many awards for his European service in WWI and among them was formal recognition by Gen. John J. Pershing for his work as a flight tester at Issoudon, France.
Fauntleroy lived at 3922 N. Tucson Blvd. at the time of his death and in recent years he was notable as a breeder of quarter horses and thoroughbreds.
He won three grand champion quarter horse breeders awards in recent years.
During World War II Fauntleroy owned and operated for the government two western parachute manufacturing plants one in Manti, Utah, and the other in San Diego.
During the period between world wars he had been a businessman, and during the presidential campaign of 1940 he worked on the national campaign committee for Wendell Wilkie.
In October, 1955, Fauntleroy received recognition from the Library of Congress for his donation of the two-volume, original log book of the Polish Kosciusko Squadron which he set up and commanded as a temporary Polish general before WW II.
Fauntleroy is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline F. Green, of Chicago.
Another daughter, Mrs. Joan Morehouse, died in an airplane crash in 1947 while serving as a stewardess with Western Airlines.
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona
28 Nov 1963, Thu • Page
Pioneer Aviator Dies At 71
Fauntleroy Was Pal Of E. Rickenbacker
A pioneer aviator and one time tutor of Eddie Rickenbacker, Col. Cedric Errol Fauntleroy, 71, died at Tucson Medical Center yesterday after a short illness.
Fauntleroy was once a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, a famous squadron of fighting planes during the first World War.
He was born Nov. 22, 1892 in Fayette, Miss.
In 1910 while still a teenager, he gained a reputation as a daredevil dirt track race driver.
Later, he joined the French Foreign Legion and was one of the first air pilots to carry supplies over the Sahara.
When World War I started, Col. Fauntleroy was one of the first pilots to join the Escadrille.
Later, he became one of the first members of the budding U.S. Air Corps, or, as it was then known, the Signal Aviation Corps of the U.S. Army.
It was here that he first met Eddie Rickenbacker, and introduced him to various flying methods developing then.
Rickenbacker later became the most famous American flying ace of World War I.
Fauntleroy received many awards for his European service in WWI and among them was formal recognition by Gen. John J. Pershing for his work as a flight tester at Issoudon, France.
Fauntleroy lived at 3922 N. Tucson Blvd. at the time of his death and in recent years he was notable as a breeder of quarter horses and thoroughbreds.
He won three grand champion quarter horse breeders awards in recent years.
During World War II Fauntleroy owned and operated for the government two western parachute manufacturing plants one in Manti, Utah, and the other in San Diego.
During the period between world wars he had been a businessman, and during the presidential campaign of 1940 he worked on the national campaign committee for Wendell Wilkie.
In October, 1955, Fauntleroy received recognition from the Library of Congress for his donation of the two-volume, original log book of the Polish Kosciusko Squadron which he set up and commanded as a temporary Polish general before WW II.
Fauntleroy is survived by his daughter, Mrs. Jacqueline F. Green, of Chicago.
Another daughter, Mrs. Joan Morehouse, died in an airplane crash in 1947 while serving as a stewardess with Western Airlines.
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona
28 Nov 1963, Thu • Page
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