October 15: Pilot Clarence Bates

Dakota Datebook by Prairie Public Broadcasting

Oct 15, 20262:43Education

On this date in 1900, Clarence Bates was born in Albany, New York. Bates enlisted in the Navy during World War I and served as a wireless radio operator. In the 1920s, Clarence decided to learn to fly and took pilot trai...

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