Albert William Stevens

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birth_date =March 13, 1886
birth_place =Belfast, Maine
death_date =March 26 1949
death_place =Redwood City, California
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Albert William Stevens (born March 13 1886 in Belfast, Maine [cite web
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title = LTC Albert W. Stevens
work = Find a Grave
publisher = Find A Grave, Inc.
date = 2006-01-06
url = http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stevens&GSfn=Albert&GSby=1886&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=all&GSob=b&GRid=10283663&
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External links

* [http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Lighter_than_air/race_to_strato/LTA11.htm Record Balloon Flights - The Race to the Stratosphere]
* [http://www.centennialofflight.gov/essay/Lighter_than_air/race_to_strato/LTA11G5.htm The Explorer I crew - Major William Kepner, Captain Albert Stevens, and Captain Orvil Anderson, on July 28, 1934]

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