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Eddie Rickenbacker

Eddie Rickenbacker

5th May 1918: American aviator and lieutenant Eddie Rickenbacker (1890 - 1973), dressed in uniform, stands next to his World War I plane in a field near Toul, France. The plane is decorated with a U.S. stars-and-stripes top hat.

In this photo: Eddie Rickenbacker

Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

May 05, 1918
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