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Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) Record Holding Aviator; Fought for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War; Died in a Plane Crash (b. October 20, 1911, 2nd Avenue and 17th Street, Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York, USA - d. December 23, 1940, Deep Creek and Flatbush Avenue, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA)
Source: Newark Advocate, Newark, OH, August 18, 1930, "Boy pilot in air" via AP
Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) in the Clearfield Progress; Clearfield, Pennsylvania; August 15, 1930.“Boy Aviator Forced to Land, but Arises Again. Stultz Field, Williamsburg, Pennsylvania, August 15, 1930 (INS) Eddie Schneider, 18 year old Jersey City aviator, took off from here for Columbus, Ohio, at 12:30 p.m. today. Schneider, attempting to lower the junior transcontinental flying record set by the late Frank Goldsborough, was forced down here after rain and low clouds had forced him to descend at Huntington and Water Street, Pennsylvania, yesterday. Schneider refueled his 110 horsepower Cessna monoplane here and said he would stop to refuel again at Columbus. Flying conditions west were reported favorable.”
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