1970
Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (born 1895)
Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (born 1895)
Roscoe Turner, American soldier and pilot (born 1895)
Roscoe Turner
20th-century American aviator
- Died
- 1970
Roscoe Turner was a record-breaking American aviator who was a three-time winner of the Thompson Trophy air race and widely recognized by his flamboyant style and his pet, Gilmore the Lion. He also founded a US domestic airline, ultimately called Lake Central Airlines, that in 1968 merged into Allegheny Airlines, the predecessor to US Airways.