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Department of Commerce Airman Rating Record

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.152 Author/Creator: Department of Commerce Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Printed document signed Date: 29 October 1945 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 10 cm, Width: 14.1 cm Order a Copy

A rating record accompanying the certificate [see GLC09587.151], ensuring that Eugene Williams is rated as "commercial pilot - airplane single-engine land." The Civil Aeronautics Administration seal is printed on the paper behind the text. The upper left corner indicates that this is a duplicate copy.

Williams, Eugene W., 1925-1949

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