Floyd Bennett with the Fokker Airplane, "Josephine Ford," during the Arctic Expedition, 1926

Summary

Floyd Bennett enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1917 and learned to fly. He joined explorer Richard Byrd on a trek to Greenland in 1925, and he piloted the Josephine Ford when it carried Byrd and Bennett toward the North Pole in 1926. Bennett died from pneumonia in 1928 -- his condition worsened by a selfless attempt to rescue stranded flyers.

Floyd Bennett enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1917 and learned to fly. He joined explorer Richard Byrd on a trek to Greenland in 1925, and he piloted the Josephine Ford when it carried Byrd and Bennett toward the North Pole in 1926. Bennett died from pneumonia in 1928 -- his condition worsened by a selfless attempt to rescue stranded flyers.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

1926

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

88.15.12

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dr. Gertrude Nobile.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 2.25 in

Width: 3.125 in

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