Col. Frank Walter Seifert, (September 29, 1896 – December 1, 1977) was an aviation pioneer and a veteran of World War II. He was on the team which preformed the first aerial refueling.

Col. Frank Walter Seifert, (September 29, 1896 – December 1, 1977) was an aviation pioneer and a veteran of World War II. He became an aviation cadet in the Army Signal Corps and received his second lieutenant’s commission in 1918. He then became a flying instructor at various military airfields in the United States. At Rockwell Field (now North Island NAS) he was a member of the team that performed the first aerial refueling in history, and for that he was later inducted into the Air Force Hall of Fame.

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