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Frederick Libby downed twenty-four confirmed enemy aircraft as a gunner and pilot in the Royal Flying Corps and retired from the U.S. Army Signal Corps with the rank of captain. After the war, he married and raised a family in southern California. He became a wildcatter and made and lost a fortune exploring for oil. He also continued his career as an aviation pioneer, founding Western Air Express, a cargo airline that became a commercial carrier, in the 1950s. He died in 1970Libby, Frederick is the author of 'Horses Don't Fly' with ISBN 9781559705899 and ISBN 1559705892.
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