Ralph A. O'Neill, Arizona's Other WW I Ace

Authors

Alan RoeslerFollow

Presentation Host

Nick Manderfield

Publication/Presentation Date

3-20-2013

Abstract/Description

Hear the fascinating story of Ralph O'Neill, who was inducted into the Arizona Aviation Hall of Fame in 2012. He flew 103 combat missions with the 147th Aero Squadron (a squadron mate of Ernest Love of Prescott); started a functional Mexican Air Force in the 1920s and the New York Rio & Buenos Aires Airline in 1929, which later merged with Pan Am.

Additional Information

Alan Roesler, World War I Aviation Historian, has written extensively about Ralph O'Neill and has previously presented on Earnest Love of Prescott.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Roesler, A. (2013). Ralph A. O'Neill, Arizona's Other WW I Ace. Nick Manderfield (Eds.)
Retrieved from https://commons.erau.edu/aviation-history/3