On August 20, 1947, Comdr. Turner F. Caldwell flew the Douglas D-558-1 Skystreak to a new world’s speed record of 650.796 mph over the three-kilometer course at Muroc, California.
Categories: 100 Years of Naval Aviation
 
 
Thank you to the Mario Family Foundation for enabling the digitization of the U.S. Naval Institute’s Photo Archive. The physical photos in the Photo Archive are stored in the Mildred M. Mario Photo Archive Room located at the U.S. Naval Institute’s Headquarters in Annapolis, MD.

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