Russell Maughan Military person

Russell Lowell Maughan was an officer in the United States Army and a pioneer aviator. His career began during World War I, and spanned the period in which military aviation developed from a minor arm of the Army Signal Corps to the huge Army Air Forces on the verge of becoming a separate service.Maughan became a pursuit pilot and served in combat in France in 1918 with the United States Army Air Service. Following the war, he remained in the Air Service and became a test pilot. In 1924 Maughan completed the first flight across the continental United States within the hours of daylight of a single calendar day.

Personal facts

Birth date	March 28, 1893
Birth place	Logan Utah
Date of death	April 21, 1958
Place of death	San Antonio
Resting place	Logan Utah

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award	Distinguished Service Cross (United States)
military branch	United States Army Air Service United States Army Air Corps Aviation Section U.S. Signal Corps United States Army Air Forces
service start	1917
service end	1946