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Title supplied by cataloger. William (Bill) Lear Jr. was the son of inventor and entrepreneur William Powell Lear, founder of the Lear Jet Corporation, and was successful in his own right as a fighter pilot, entrepreneur and business executive. Photograph dated November 5, 1946 shows Bill Lear Jr. of North Hollywood at the Van Nuys Air Show posing with his P-38.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Lear, William P.,--1928- Lear, William P.--(William Powell),--1902-1978--Family Van Nuys Airport Air pilots--California--Los Angeles Fighter planes--California--Los Angeles Lightning (Fighter plane) Airplanes--California--Los Angeles Airports--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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