Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (October 25, 1888 – March 11, 1957), was an American naval officer, and pioneering aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar...
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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...
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Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (August 13, 1860 – October 23, 1925) was a Virginia lawyer, politician and newspaperman. He was the father of politician Harry...
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Richard Byrd (American football) (born 1962), American football player Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (1860–1925), Virginia politician Richard Evelyn Byrd III...
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Richard Evelyn Byrd Jr. (1888–1957) was an American naval officer and polar explorer. Richard Evelyn Byrd also refer to: Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (1860–1925)...
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Richmond International Airport (redirect from Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field)
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...
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Ver-sur-Mer (section Richard Evelyn Byrd)
centuries, is dedicated to Saint Martin. On 1 July 1927, Commander Richard Evelyn Byrd was forced to crash land his plane, America, in the sea off Ver-sur-Mer...
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aviator and polar explorer Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888–1957). His other younger brother, Thomas Bolling Byrd (1890–1968), became an infantry captain...
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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...
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1939–1941 – United States Antarctic Service Expedition – led by Richard Evelyn Byrd (Byrd's third expedition) 1943–1945 – Operation Tabarin – led by Lieutenant...
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("Westie"), and two brothers, Richard Evelyn (Dick) and Beverley. The Byrds were one of the First Families of Virginia, and Byrd was a member of the Virginia...
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1961 – Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia 1961 – Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, McMurdo Station, Antarctica...
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green flash. It was seen on and off for 35 minutes by members of the Richard Evelyn Byrd party from the Antarctic Little America exploration base in 1934:...
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expedition, led by Roald Amundsen 1928-1930: Richard Evelyn Byrd - First expedition 1933-1935: Richard Evelyn Byrd - Second expedition 1939-1941: United States...
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Harry Byrd's uncle, U.S. Congressman Hal Flood, was one of the organization leaders until his death in 1921, and Byrd's father Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. had...
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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...
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Richard C. Byrd (c. 1805–1854), American politician Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. (1860–1925), Virginia lawyer, politician and newspaperman Richard E. Byrd...
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recommendation of Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, after James I. Bush, United States financier and patron of the Byrd AE, 1928–30. The Bush Mountains...
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11 months later. The overland journey was never made. US Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, with the assistance of his first pilot Bernt Balchen, became the...
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during the 18th century by William Byrd III through gambling and bad investments, descendant Richard Evelyn Byrd Sr. became wealthy as an apple grower...
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Svalbard and meeting Richard Evelyn Byrd there. (Ny-Ålesund was the northernmost point of departure for both.) Owen joined the First Byrd Antarctic Expedition...
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Philip Brocklehurst William Speirs Bruce Georgy Brusilov Daniel Byles Richard Evelyn Byrd Todd Carmichael Umberto Cagni Jacques Cartier Jean-Baptiste Charcot...
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Alone, a 1921 travel book by Norman Douglas Alone, a 1938 memoir by Richard Evelyn Byrd Alone (Bill Evans album), 1970 Alone (Again), by Bill Evans, 1977...
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water, and a Crescent wrench and pliers". There was a rumor that Richard Evelyn Byrd, on his initial journey to Alaska, had a Crescent wrench in his provisions...
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Tana River" by James L. Clark, "My Flight Over the Atlantic" by Richard Evelyn Byrd, "In the Jungles of Cochin-China" by Theodore Roosevelt, "Shipwreck"...
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Ensign on 12 June 1878. Captain Richard L. Burke, USCG, Coast Guard aviation pioneer. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, USN – Organized, led and flew on...
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Sea to reach King's Bay at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard. There Nobile met Richard Evelyn Byrd preparing his Fokker Trimotor for his North Pole attempt. Nobile...
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Buffalo: The Unknown Soldier of WWI 1928, Charles Lindbergh 1928, Richard Evelyn Byrd 1929, Theodore Roosevelt Jr. 1934, Eddie Rickenbacker 1944, and Douglas...
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Jacobs' early machines was transported to Antarctica by Richard Evelyn Byrd and installed at Byrd's 'Little America' in 1933, operating until 1955. In the...
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Virginia, adjacent to Richmond International Airport (formerly "Richard Evelyn Byrd Flying Field"). Erected in 1986, the museum housed a collection of...
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