ALBERT CUSHING "PUTTY" READ

1919

Deceased

Rate/Rank
RADM

Service Branch

USN 00/1907 - 00/1946

Speciality

NAVAL AVIATOR

Born
03/29/1887
LYME, NH

FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT - PIONEER AVIATOR # 24

SIGNIFICANT DUTY STATIONS

USS NORTH CAROLINA ACR-12

CDR, NC-4 (FIRST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT)

CHIEF, AIR TECHNICAL TRAINING

CDR, NAVAL AIR FORCE, ATLANTIC

USS SARATOGA CV-3

US NAVAL ACADEMY, CLASS OF 1907

SIGNIFICANT AWARDS

NAVY DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL

LEGION OF MERIT

NC-4 MEDAL

WORLD WAR I VICTORY MEDAL

AMERICAN DEFENSE SERVICE MEDAL

AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL

WORLD WAR II VICTORY MEDAL

UNITED KINGDOM AIR FORCE CROSS

CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL