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- Pocket Watch, Presented to Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld by New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker, 1928 - Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld organized the first successful nonstop east-to-west flight across the Atlantic Ocean. With crewmates Hermann Kohl and James Fitzmaurice, he made the historic flight aboard the airplane <em>Bremen</em> on April 12-13, 1928. The three men received a hero's welcome in New York City. Mayor Jimmy Walker presented this watch to Huenefeld in commemoration of the flight.
- 1928
- Collections - Artifact
Pocket Watch, Presented to Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld by New York City Mayor Jimmy Walker, 1928
Baron Ehrenfried Gunther von Huenefeld organized the first successful nonstop east-to-west flight across the Atlantic Ocean. With crewmates Hermann Kohl and James Fitzmaurice, he made the historic flight aboard the airplane Bremen on April 12-13, 1928. The three men received a hero's welcome in New York City. Mayor Jimmy Walker presented this watch to Huenefeld in commemoration of the flight.