LIEUT. JOHN H. TOWERS 1885-1955

	Lieut J. H. Towers, 1911 Library of Congress Collection   NAVY OFFICER QUALIFIES      Lieut. J. H. Towers, U. S. N., qualifies for an aviator's license at Hammondsport, N. Y., September 14th, using one of the navy's hydro-aeroplanes. He expects to leave with Lieut. T. G. Ellyson for the Naval Aviation Training School at Annapolis. from AVIATION, September, 1911.

STANDING (L. TO R.) CAPT. E.S. GORRELL U.S.A.; ASS'T NAV. CON. J.C. HUNSAKER U.S.N.; LT. J.H. TOWERS CAPT. V.E. CLARK U.S.A. - SITTING: LT. COM. A.K. ATKINS MAJ. B.D. FOULOIS Library of Congress Collection, 9-17-07

 

	Long Flying Boat Run 1913	U.S. Navy Flying School Pensacola 1914	Flying Boat Mail	TransAtlantic Flight NC-4 1919

 

ONLINE RESOURCES      If you search for "John Towers +aviation using the Google search engine, (9-1-03), you will find about 208 links. Among the most interesting are the following.

NATIONAL AVIATION HALL OF FAME      To visit his entry on this site, first click on National Aviation Hall of Fame to go to the homepage. Next, highlight and click on "Enshrinees List" at the lower left corner of the page. You will find an alphabetical listing of all enshrinees on this page. Then highlight and click on his name. Use your "BACK" button to return to this site.

NAVAL HISTORICAL SOCIETY      There are a number of entries regarding John Towers on the webpage of the Naval Historical Society. If you wish to learn more about his career, you may click on the title above:      To help you find the references to his career, once you are on the homepage, click on the blue "Search the NHC Homepage button. Enter "John H. Towers" into the Search space and click on the "seek" button. The search will return links to two very nice photographs from the U.S. Naval Historical Center.   " Naval Aviation Chronology 1917-1919"      Once on this page, which you can access by clicking on the title, you will find numerous entries which refer to John H. Towers. You may find it convenient to use the "FIND" buttons for "Towers" to locate the entries on the page.

ALLSTAR Network      The ALLSTAR Network site (Aeronautics Learning Laboratory for Science, Technology and Research) is designed as a resource for students and teachers. I find it to be very valuable and recommend it highly. It has an extensive collection of links to "Minorities in Aeronautics", "Heroes and People in Aeronautics", and "Aeronautical Organizations." You may visit the sites by clicking on the titles above.

MID-CENTURY MEMORIES      You will find a delightful anecdote by John on the AEROFILES website. It is one of a collection of remembrances which come from the July 1953 Aero Digest. You can READ his story, and several other EB's by clicking on the title above and using the "Find" function on "Towers." Plan to spend some time on this wonderful site.

 

John Towers died in 1955 Date of death from The Early Birds of Aviation Roster of members, January 1, 1966   Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this Early Bird, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back