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Fred Wallace served in the US Navy as a Naval Enlisted Pilot (NAP) and was instrumental in the development and testing of drones and UAVs. He piloted the first drone, in 1937, from a control cart on the ground. This collection documents Wallace’s life as a fleet NAP, as well as early drone and UAV development.
For more information about this Collection please see the Descriptive Finding Guide.
Images from this Collection have been digitized and placed on Flickr.
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