Joseph Eugene Carberry (July 20, 1887 – November 12, 1961) was a pioneer aviator. He won the

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in 1913 with

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Biography

He was born on July 20, 1887, to John M. Carberry in

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. He graduated from West Point in 1910, and became one of the first US military aviators in September 1913. Carberry set an Army record for altitude carrying a passenger on December 26, 1913, piloting a Curtiss Model G to . Three days later he won the MacKay Trophy at Encinitas, California, this time flying S.C. No. 23, a

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airplane manufactured by Army aviators entirely from spare parts. On January 5, 1915, he set an altitude record of , carrying Capt. Benjamin Delahauf Foulois as a passenger. Carberry later served in the

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and on the

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, rising to the rank of

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. He was retired for disability in 1924, and promoted to

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on the retired list in 1930. He died at his home in

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on November 12, 1961. He was buried at

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Carberry, Joseph Eugene 1887 births 1961 deaths People from Waukesha, Wisconsin Military personnel from Wisconsin Aviators from Wisconsin Members of the Early Birds of Aviation Flight altitude record holders United States Military Academy alumni United States Army colonels United States Army Air Service pilots of World War I United States Army personnel of World War I Burials at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery American aviation record holders