Captain George Broome King - Jacksonville, FL - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

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"George B. King (1905-1939) was born in Gainesville, Florida and graduated from Princeton University in 1928. After his graduation, King joined the Naval Reserve Air Corps. In 1933, King became an apprentice pilot with Pan American Airways and was a copilot on the China Clipper during its first scheduled air mail flight across the Pacific Ocean in November of 1935. King died on August 13, 1939, when the Pan American clipper he was piloting during a Miami - Rio de Janerio flight struck a crane on the dock in the Rio de Janeiro harbor, killing fourteen people."

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Description: Captain George Broome King was a pioneer in Trans-Pacific commercial aviation. See Long Description for details. Date of birth: 05/08/1905 Date of death: 08/13/1939 Area of notoriety: Other Marker Type: Headstone Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Winter visiting hours: 7:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Sunday; Summer visiting hours: 7:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 8:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Sunday Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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