Willis Bradley Haviland

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Willis Bradley Haviland
Lafayette Escadrille Aviator
Born	(1890-03-10)10 March 1890 Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Died	28 November 1944(1944-11-28) (aged 54) Corona, California, US
Resting place	Arlington National Cemetery
Occupation(s)	Naval Air Combat Pilot; Naval Air Station Commander
Employer(s)	French Foreign Legion, French Air Service, United States Navy
Known for	Pilot in the Lafayette Escadrille, First pilot to launch a plane from a battleship
Spouse	Mary Lucile Satterthwaite
Children	1 daughter
Parent(s)	Senator Dr. Willis Henry Haviland (father) Grace Hynes (mother)
Relatives	Co-founders of Haviland & Co. (cousins) Willis Haviland Carrier (cousin)

Commander Willis Bradley Haviland, (10 March 1890 – 28 November 1944) was a pioneer military pilot in World War I and a naval air station commanding officer in World War II. As the sixteenth American volunteer in the Lafayette Escadrille, he was among the first air combat pilots to fight the Germans in World War I, before the United States officially entered the war. He would later become the first pilot to launch a plane from a battleship.^[1]