Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940)/Images

Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940) was a record holding aviator, he set the junior transcontinental airspeed record in 1930. He fought for the Loyalists in the Spanish Civil War and he died in a plane crash in 1940. (b. October 20, 1911, 2nd Avenue and 17th Street, Manhattan, New York County, New York City, New York, USA - d. December 23, 1940, Deep Creek and Flatbush Avenue, Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, New York City, New York, USA)

1930 Transcontinental
In these images the plane has the Richfield emblem on the engine housing.

1930 National Air Tour
In these images the plane no longer has the Richfield emblem on the engine housing.