Marshall Earle Reid
American aviation pioneer
About Marshall Earle Reid
Lived 1887 – 1955 (aged 68).
Marshall Earle Reid (August 31, 1887 – December 5, 1955) was an early aviator.
Biography He was born on August 31, 1887, in Philadelphia to Josephine Elizabeth Myers and Marshall Earl Reid Sr.
On May 4, 1912, he started from Hempstead, Long Island intending to fly to Philadelphia. Near Elizabeth, New Jersey, his biplane crashed but Reid and his passenger George William Beatty crash-landed without injury.
On October 11, 1912, he and Henry Croskey Mustin, his brother-in-law (his sister Helen R. Reid Mustin's husband's brother), flew from Cape May Point, New Jersey.
On June 8, 1912, he was able to travel from Staten Island to Trenton, New Jersey, at 75 miles per hour.
He died on December 5, 1955, at his home in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Who was Marshall Earle Reid?
American aviation pioneer
When was Marshall Earle Reid born?
Marshall Earle Reid was born on 31 August 1887.
When did Marshall Earle Reid die?
Marshall Earle Reid died on 5 December 1955.
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