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| Title | Bill Odom, round the world aviator, exiting his plane at Hector Airport, Fargo, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1947-08-10 |
| Creator | Herron, Gifford, 1912-1969
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| Creator Role | Photographer
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| Description | Bill Odom waving from the top of a ladder next to the wing of the aircraft. There appears to be an airport mechanic crouched on the top of the wing to the left of Mr. Odom. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Transportation
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Airplanes
Flights around the world
Airports
Mechanics (Persons)
Air pilots
Ladders
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| Personal Name | Odom, Bill, 1920-1949
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| Organization Name | Hector International Airport
Bombshell (Airplane)
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| Location | Fargo (N.D.)
Cass County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1940-1949
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| Item Number | 2035.165 |
| Negative Number | 2035.165 |
| Format of Original | Film negatives
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| Dimensions of Original | 13 x 10 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Place of Publication | Fargo (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "Cheerful as he made his first landing in the United States on his record-smashing world hop, Bill Odom waved to the crowd at Hector airport, Fargo as he climbed down the ladder from his plane, the Bombshell." - Caption with photograph published in the Fargo Forum & Daily Republican, Aug. 11, 1947, p. 1. |
| Notes | Title supplied by staff. |
| Contributor | Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.)
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| Biography/History | William P. "Bill" Odom set out on a solo round the world flight, August 7, 1947 in a converted Army A-26 bomber called the Bombshell owned by Milton Reynolds. His 73 hour, 5 minute flight broke the solo round the world flight record set by Wiley Post in 1933. Odom refueled in Fargo before landing at Chicago's Douglas Airport on August 11. Bill Odom's career as a record breaking aviator was cut short when he died in a airplane crash at the Cleveland National Air Races in Berea, Ohio in 1949. |
| External Resource | Consult: http://www.wingnet.org/rtw/rtw003i.htm |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fargo Forum Negative Collection 2035
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| Collection Finding Aid | Consult: http://hdl.handle.net/10365/971 |
| Credit Line | Institute for Regional Studies, NDSU, Fargo (2035.165) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs000135 |
