MITCHELL, WILLIAM ("Billy"). Typed letter signed (Wm. Mitchell") with initialled three-line postscript, to Lester D. Gardner of the Gardner Moffat Co., Washington, D.C., 23 February 1921. One page, 8vo, on imprinted stationery of the Air Service, War Department. MITCHELL AND RICKENBACKER "...I have a list of questions prepared by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker which he would like to see answered. I will send you a copy of these before long. I think you will want to publish them [presumably in Gardner's magazine Aviation ]. I did not want to publish that stuff I sent you as coming from me, because I don't like to get into controversies of that kind. "We are sure that we will get an increased development of our air service, but just what form that will take remains to be seen...." Despite his disclaimer, Mitchell was constantly involved in controversy during this period in his public efforts to urge the creation of an independant air arm. In early 1925 he was demoted and transferred, then, after making strong statements to the press after the loss of a navy dirigible, the Shenandoah, he was courts-martialed and resigned his commission in 1926.
MITCHELL, WILLIAM ("Billy"). Typed letter signed (Wm. Mitchell") with initialled three-line postscript, to Lester D. Gardner of the Gardner Moffat Co., Washington, D.C., 23 February 1921. One page, 8vo, on imprinted stationery of the Air Service, War Department. MITCHELL AND RICKENBACKER "...I have a list of questions prepared by Captain Eddie Rickenbacker which he would like to see answered. I will send you a copy of these before long. I think you will want to publish them [presumably in Gardner's magazine Aviation ]. I did not want to publish that stuff I sent you as coming from me, because I don't like to get into controversies of that kind. "We are sure that we will get an increased development of our air service, but just what form that will take remains to be seen...." Despite his disclaimer, Mitchell was constantly involved in controversy during this period in his public efforts to urge the creation of an independant air arm. In early 1925 he was demoted and transferred, then, after making strong statements to the press after the loss of a navy dirigible, the Shenandoah, he was courts-martialed and resigned his commission in 1926.
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