Arthur K. Ladd
| Arthur K. Ladd | |
|---|---|
| Born |
November 1, 1890 Texas |
| Died | December 13, 1935 (aged 45) Dale, South Carolina |
| Buried at | Arlington National Cemetery |
| Allegiance |
 United States of America
|
| Service/branch |
United States Army Air Corps United States Army Air Service Field Artillery Branch (United States) |
| Years of service | 1917–1935 |
| Rank |
 Major
|
| Commands held | 17th Squadron (Pursuit) |
Major Arthur K. Ladd, service number O-10097, was an officer and pilot in the United States Army Air Corps who died in a plane crash in South Carolina in 1935. He is the namesake of Ladd Army Airfield, formerly Fairbanks Air Base, Alaska, named in his honour on 1 December 1939.
Arthur K. Ladd was born in Texas, U.S., on 1 November 1890. He was commissioned a second lieutenant of field artillery, Reserve Corps, at age 27, on 27 November 1917. He left that service on 19 September 1920, and the same day was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Service.
"In July 1920, he received his commission as a second lieutenant in the Air Service while simultaneously being promoted to first lieutenant in the regular Army. Following completion of both pilot and observer training, Major Ladd spent several years serving in a variety of Air Service positions."
Ladd graduated from the Air Service's pilots' school in 1921, the Air Corps pursuit school the same year, and the Air Corps Tactical School in 1930.
1st Lieutenant Ladd commanded the 17th Squadron (Pursuit), 1st Pursuit Group, Ellington Field, Texas, 23 September 1921 - 23 November 1921.
By the mid-1930s, he was assigned at Maxwell Field, Alabama, where he was an instructor in logistics movements of troops and supplies in the Air Corps Tactical School.
Major Ladd was reassigned to Langley Field, Virginia, where he served as the assistant supply officer for the General Headquarters Air Force from its creation on 1 March 1935, working for Lt. Col. Joseph P. McNarney, supply officer of the GHQ force.
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