Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), an American naval officer, was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer...

Navy have borne the name Richard E. Byrd, in honor of polar explorer Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957). USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23) was a Charles...

Richard Byrd may refer to: Richard C. Byrd (1805–1854), American politician Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), admiral, polar explorer, aviator Richard Byrd...

USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4) is a Lewis and Clark-class dry cargo ship of the United States Navy. She is the second United States Navy ship to be named...

USS Richard E. Byrd (DDG-23), was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy, named after noted polar explorer Admiral...

airport was dedicated as Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field in 1927 in honor of aviator Richard E. Byrd, brother of then Gov. Harry F. Byrd. Charles Lindbergh...

territory on Earth. It was named after the wife of American naval officer Richard E. Byrd, who explored the region in the early 20th century. The territory lies...

Richard Evelyn Byrd III (February 19, 1920 – c. October 3, 1988), usually referred to as Richard E. Byrd Jr., was a United States naval officer, Antarctic...

Patrol. Byrd's cousin, polar explorer Richard E. Byrd, named Antarctica's Harold Byrd Mountains for him. Byrd was born in Detroit, Texas on April 24...

Statistics) are Richard E. Byrd School with 269 students in grades K–5, Central Elementary School with 339 students in grades K–5, Clara E. Coleman School...

of politician Harry Byrd and aviator Richard Byrd Jr. He was the first son born to Jennie (Rivers) and her husband William Byrd, who had become an adjutant...

Byrd commonly refers to: William Byrd (c. 1540 – 1623), an English composer of the Renaissance Richard E. Byrd (1888–1957), an American naval officer and...

base Little America IV. The operation was organized by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, Jr., USN, Officer in Charge, Task Force 68, and led by Rear Admiral...

His uncle, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd, was a pilot and polar explorer. In 1931, at his father's urging, young Harry Byrd enrolled at Virginia Military...

was a United States Naval Aviator who, along with then USN Commander Richard E. Byrd, made the first flight to the North Pole in May 1926. However, their...

Antarctic explorers, such as Captain Robert Bartlett, Ernest Shackleton, Richard E. Byrd, Fridtjof Nansen, Robert Falcon Scott, George W. DeLong, Robert Peary...

the United States Exploring Expedition (1838–1842) and was led by Richard E. Byrd a famous polar explorer renowned for previous Antarctic expeditions...

It was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in 1934 and named for John D. Rockefeller Jr., patron of the Byrd expeditions. 80°0′S 135°0′W / 80...

led by Frederick Cook (1908, land), Robert Peary (1909, land) and Richard E. Byrd (1926, aerial) – were once also accepted as having reached the Pole...

With Byrd at the South Pole (1930) is a sound part-talkie documentary film about Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his 1st quest to the South Pole beginning...

haven, not unlike the Little America base camp the polar explorer Richard E. Byrd set up in the Antarctic in 1928. However, being situated on a coast-to-coast...

The City of New York was a steam barquentine known for being Richard E. Byrd's flagship on his 1928–30 exploration of Antarctica, mistakenly for the rescue...

Chester W. Nimitz discussing Operation Highjump with admirals Richard E. Byrd and Richard H. Cruzen prior to their departure. Also depicted are the rescue...

was discovered by Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd on an airplane flight, on November 18, 1934, and named by him for Mabelle E. Sidley, the daughter of William...

America was a Fokker C-2 trimotor monoplane that was flown in 1927 by Richard E. Byrd, Bernt Balchen, George Otto Noville, and Bert Acosta on their transatlantic...

William Horlick became a patron of Antarctic exploration, and Admiral Richard E. Byrd named Horlick Mountains, a mountain range in Antarctica, after him...

Astor in Antarctica was named after Vincent Astor by the explorer Richard E. Byrd. John Jacob Astor Sr. (1763–1848) Magdalena Astor (1788–1832) Charles...

runway during the summer due to its proximity to the station. The Richard E. Byrd Historic Monument was erected at McMurdo in 1965. It includes a bronze...

Ireland. American air racer Clarence D. Chamberlin and Arctic explorer Richard E. Byrd were also in the race. Financing the operation of the historic flight...

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd Jr. was also a passive investor in Oak Island exploration and treasure hunting, and monitored their status. Byrd advised Franklin...