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Photograph was edited for publication purposes 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 caption dated January 31, 1947 reads, "George Husband (in cockpit), 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest G. Husband, 4542 Ledge ave., North Hollywood, here gets last minute instructions from 18-year-old Bill Lear Jr., also of North Hollywood, for his first 'check out' flight in a 'hot' plane--the Army's P-63 King Cobra."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
Lear, William P.,--1928- Lear, William P.--(William Powell),--1902-1978--Family Air pilots--California--Los Angeles Young men--California--Los Angeles Fighter planes--California--Los Angeles Kingcobra (Fighter plane) Group portraits Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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