Aircraft Photographs by Bill Yeager
From Emil Strasser & Walter M. Jefferies Collections
Super Universal NC9724, c/n 826, about to land at Cleveland, Ohio, on March 17, 1940. (Photo from the W.M. Jefferies collection)
Aircraft Photographs by Bill Yeager
In 1933, Emil Strasser and Bill Yeager started a friendship that would last a lifetime. Both Bill and Emil were from Ohio, Bill from Cleveland and Emil from
Akron. In 1939 they were official photographers for the National Air Races in Cleveland,
Ohio.
When WWII engulfed the U.S., Bill became a Martin B-26 pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces and Emil went to work for Goodyear Aircraft in Akron, Ohio. Bill Yeager made the USAF a career. Emil moved to California in 1945 but remained friends with Yeager until his
death.
We hope these photographs from days long gone by will bring back some happy memories.
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