Clarence Duncan Chamberlin

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Clarence Duncan Chamberlin

Clarence Duncan Chamberlin (born November 11, 1893 in Denison , Iowa , † October 30, 1976 in Shelton , Connecticut ) was an American aviator. He was the first person to fly non-stop from New York across the Atlantic to Germany with a passenger, Charles A. Levine .

Live and act

The plane, a Bellanca WB2 named Miss Columbia , took off on June 4, 1927 in New York ( Roosevelt Field , Long Island ) and landed on June 6, initially in Eisleben near Halle (Saale) . For the distance of 3911 statute miles (6294 km) he needed about 43 hours. Then he continued his flight with the destination Berlin and landed in Klinge near Cottbus . After the aircraft had been repaired by mechanics from Cottbus, he did not reach his destination until the next day, Tuesday, June 7, 1927, after a stopover in Cottbus. He landed at Berlin-Tempelhof Airport , the Tempelhofer Feld . From here the radio reporter Alfred Braun reported on the event. The street name Columbiadamm still reminds of the flight and the airplane .

Web links

Commons : Clarence Duncan Chamberlin  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ An aviation pioneer lives on in the small blade. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 12, 2014 ; Retrieved February 19, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.lr-online.de
  2. ^ Steffen Jenter: Alfred Braun - radio pioneer and reporter in Berlin . Verlag für Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam, 1998, pp. 78–80
  3. ^ Columbiadamm. In: Street name lexicon of the Luisenstädtischer Bildungsverein (near  Kaupert )
personal data
SURNAME Chamberlin, Clarence Duncan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American aviator
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1893
PLACE OF BIRTH Denison , Iowa
DATE OF DEATH October 30, 1976
Place of death Shelton , Connecticut