Albert Cushing Read

Mar 29, 1887 - Oct 10, 1967

Albert Cushing Read, Sr. was an aviator and Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. He and his crew made the first transatlantic flight in the NC-4, a Curtiss NC flying boat.

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