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Iowa aviators honored for historic flights and service
Marion historian David V. Wendell previews a commemorative exhibit at the Pioneer Heritage Museum Complex in Marengo marking aviation milestones. The event recognizes Eugene Ely’s pioneering carrier flights in 1910 1911 and WWII airmen from Iowa County including Frank Cubisher Burns Byram and others with a 2 p.m. Aug 18 lecture and free admission.
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Ely
Naval Aviation
Macon
Iowa
East York Cemetery
Williamsburg
U.S. Navy
Francis
Frank” Dubisher
Pilot Grove
L Avenue
260Th Street
Iowa County
Burns Byram
Marengo
Royal Canadian Air Force
Byram
Mexico
Iowa County Historical Society
Eugene Ely
Pioneer Heritage Museum
South Street