Eddie Rickenbacker

✶October 8, 1890

†July 23, 1973

No one has lit a candle yet. Be the first.

About their life

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker was an American fighter pilot in World War I and a Medal of Honor recipient. With 26 aerial victories, he was the most successful and most decorated United States flying ace of the war. He was also a racing driver, an automotive designer, and a long-time head of Eastern Air Lines.

American World War I aviator (1890–1973)

☆ Follow

Biography from the article Eddie Rickenbacker on the English Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.