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Bert Blanchard Acosta
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John Carver Edwards, Airmen Without Portfolio, Westport, Connecticut: Praeger, 1997.
Full Database Record
| Last Name | Acosta |
| First/Middle Name | Bert Blanchard |
| Ethnicity | |
| Ethnicity Note | |
| Immigration Status | |
| Religion | |
| POW | |
| AKA Last Name 1 | |
| AKA First / Middle 1 | |
| AKA Last Name 2 | |
| AKA First / Middle 2 | |
| DOB | 1895 |
| City | San Diego |
| State | California |
| Foreign Nation | |
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| Family: Comments | |
| Education HS | |
| Education College / Univ 1 | |
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| Education College/Univ 2 | |
| Graduate or Doctoral Work | |
| Graduate or Doctoral Work Notes | |
| Prior Military Service | Instructor for Canadian Air Force? |
| Passport # | 678 |
| Passport Series | New York series |
| Passport Reported Lost in Spain | |
| Passport Age | |
| Passport Date | |
| PP or Known Address Street | 46 West 17th Street |
| PP or Known Address City | New York |
| PP or Known Address State | New York |
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| Sail Date | |
| Ship | |
| Marital Status | Single |
| Marital Notes | |
| Vocation 1 | Pilot |
| Vocation 2 | Aeronautical Engineer |
| Vocation 3 | Barnstormer |
| Party Affiliation | None |
| Date Affiliation | |
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| Arrival (in Spain) Date | |
| Units served with | Republican Airforce, pilot, bombers flying Potez 54s, claimed to have downed three He 51s |
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| Returned Date | |
| Returned other | Late in 1936 or early 1937 |
| WWII Service | |
| DOD | 1954 |
| Cause | |
| Place Died City | Denver |
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