Age of Aces » Frederic Ives Lord http://www.ageofaces.net The Best in Air-War Fiction Fri, 01 May 2026 10:00:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 “They Had What It Takes – Part 35: Major Fred Lord” by Alden McWilliams http://www.ageofaces.net/2011/11/%e2%80%9cthey-had-what-it-takes-%e2%80%93-part-35-major-fred-lord%e2%80%9d-by-alden-mcwilliams/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2011/11/%e2%80%9cthey-had-what-it-takes-%e2%80%93-part-35-major-fred-lord%e2%80%9d-by-alden-mcwilliams/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:21:26 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=2878 Alden McWilliams’ illustrated tributes to the pioneer fliers of the early days of aviation ran in Flying Aces from 1937 through 1940. McWilliam’s bio-graphical sketch for the December 1939 issue was Major Frederic Ives Lord—a real life version of Chinese Brady! A self-described soldier for hire, Major Lord flew in five different wars: The First World War, The Russian Cival War, The Mexican Revolution, The Spanish Cival War, and The Second World War.

According to his wikipedia entry, Major Lord was a keen writer, often chronicalling his exploits. A number of these appeared in Flying Aces while his unpublished papers are held in the archives of the Rabb Collection along with hundreds of photographes of Lord frequently with his plane. Lord even “approached movie production companies in the hopes that his story would be turned into a feature film.”

He lived to the age of 70 when he was killed by a vagrant in Apple Valley, California in 1967.