William Blanchfield
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Phillip Earl, curator emeritus at the Nevada Historical Society, gives a brief history of the U.S. Air Mail Service in Nevada during a ceremony at the grave of fallen pilot William Blanchfield on March 17, 2013. William Blanchfield is being remembered on two continents. In County Cork in Ireland, a float in Monday, March 17, 2014, St. Patrick's Day Parade will pay tribute Blanchfield, an Irish native and decorated Royal Air Force pilot in World War I. And on Sunday in Reno, the Sons and Daughters of Erin, an Irish heritage group, will continue the tradition of placing a shamrock sent from Ireland on Blanchfield's grave in Mountain View Cemetery. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal, Guy Clifton) NO SALES; NEVADA APPEAL OUT; SOUTH RENO WEEKLY OUT
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This undated photo provided by Nevada Historical Society, shows William Francis Blanchfield. Ninety years after his death in a fiery Reno plane crash, William Blanchfield is being remembered on two continents. In County Cork in Ireland, a float in Monday, March 17, 2014, St. Patrick's Day Parade will pay tribute Blanchfield, an Irish native and decorated Royal Air Force pilot in World War I. And on Sunday in Reno, the Sons and Daughters of Erin, an Irish heritage group, will continue the tradition of placing a shamrock sent from Ireland on Blanchfield's grave in Mountain View Cemetery. (AP Photo/Nevada Historical Society)
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This March 17, 1969 file photo, the Rev. John O'Connor and Silas E. Ross place a sprig of shamrock sent from Ireland at the grave marker of William Blanchfield on St. Patrick's Day at the Mountain View Cemetery in Reno, Nev. William Blanchfield is being remembered on two continents. In County Cork in Ireland, a float in Monday, March 17, 2014, St. Patrick's Day Parade will pay tribute Blanchfield, an Irish native and decorated Royal Air Force pilot in World War I. And on Sunday in Reno, the Sons and Daughters of Erin, an Irish heritage group, will continue the tradition of placing a shamrock sent from Ireland on Blanchfield's grave in Mountain View Cemetery. (AP Photo/The Reno Gazette-Journal)
