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Photograph caption dated September 2, 1949 reads, "Capt. Dave Mahoney, left, test pilot flight surgeon at the Muroc Air Force Base, Major Frank Everest, altitude test pilot, Capt. Charles E. Yeager, and Capt. Harry Lester join in pre-Bendix ;J' division race reunion. Capt. Yeager will receive medal as 'Pilot of the Year' at Cleveland, and Capt. Lester will fly one of the five jets in the race starting tomorrow morning."
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Test pilots--United States Surgeons--United States Men--California--Los Angeles Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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