Apollo Soucek

Apollo Soucek (* 1897 in Medford, Grant County ( Oklahoma); † July 9, 1955 ) was a vice admiral in the U.S. Navy. He was a test pilot in the years 1929 and 1930, served in World War II and the Korean War. He ended his career as commander of the Bureau of Aeronautics.

Named after him is NAS Oceana, an air base for naval aviator in the U.S. Navy in Virginia Beach / Virginia.

Early career

Soucek tart in 1918 in the United States Navy and served first on the battleship USS Missouri in the rank of midshipman. On 3 June 1921 he was appointed Ensign and transferred to the USS Mississippi. In February 1924 Soucek was ordered to Naval Air Station Pensacola, to be trained as a pilot. He was assigned to the first aircraft carrier of the Navy, the USS Langley. In January 1925, he was on the USS Maryland offset to Observation Squadron 1 In May 1927 he became the Naval Aircraft Factory in Philadelphia commanded to subsequently serve in the Bureau of Aeronautics.

With the Wright Apache Soucek scored a number of height records. On 8 May 1929, he set the world altitude record with land-based aircraft with 39.140 feet ( 11,930 m), and on June 4 he scored with an Apache the world record for sea-based aircraft with 38 560 feet ( 11,750 m). June 4 Soucek improved its record height at 43,166 feet ( 13,157 m).

Be grave is in the cemetery of Arlington.

  • Vice Admiral (United States Navy )
  • Americans
  • Born 1897
  • Died in 1955
  • Man
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