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THE RESEARCH
Saunie Gravely. Founder.
Saunie Gravely, future AAF gunnery instructor, will found Veterans Air Express post-WWII.
Saunie Gravely. Founder, Board Chairman, President. My Dad!
WWII GIs, war surplus DC-3s and DC-4s, produce and passengers: Saunie’s 1945 non-sked air service.
1945 express delivery of perishable produce
Saunie considers C-60 Lockheed Lodestar. That will change. But Newark Evening News reporter gives extensive Air Express details.
Gordon E Bellman. Board Member. Operations Mgr.
Gordon E Bellman, a 6-year WWII vet of both RAF and AAF, Army Air Forces, joined Veterans Air Express in mid-1945 on Board of Directors and as Director of Operations.
Gordon E Bellman. Core Founder. In full swing.
Named to Board, Gordon E. Bellman got into full swing with Founder Saunie Gravely to build a fleet and crews.
First Stock Offering Absent Afterthought New Name
First stock certificate printed even before “Veterans” became part of the official company name.
Fly anything to anybody from anywhere. The 1945 plan.
With first cargo flight, Robert Montanarella, pilot, and Saunie Gravely, founder, get Veterans Air airborne.
KY journalist covers people, plans, glider, turkeys.
DC-3 Captain Robert Montanarello, left seat, is first hire of the Veterans Air Flight Crews.
Glider on the horizon
A scheduled cargo flight of ice-packed turkeys in a DC-3-towed-glider. A historic flight?