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Robert Campbell Reeve

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Robert Campbell Reeve

Birth
Death
25 Aug 1980 (aged 77–78)
Burial
Anchorage, Anchorage, Alaska, USA GPS-Latitude: 61.2172222, Longitude: -149.8766667
Plot
Tract 11, Row 11, Lot 6
Memorial ID
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Pioneer bush pilot and founder of Reeve Aleutian Airways. He earned the name "Glacier Pilot" from carrying men and supplies to remote mines, using glaciers as his landing field. He pioneered the first direct commercial route between Seattle and Anchorage.

Robert Campbell Reeve had two brothers: his twin, Richard Dodge Reeve (27 Mar 1902 - 10 Jun 1932) and Hubert Wesley Reeve ( 19 Jun 1904 - 30 Nov 1972). His father, Hubert Lester Reeve ( 01 Jul 1867 - 1949), after the death of his first wife, May (Mary Ann) Davenport (06 Nov 1867 - 09 Jul 1904), married Dollie I. Gregg. They had one daughter, Dollie Gregg Reeve Montgomery (22 Jan 1907 - 1962)
Pioneer bush pilot and founder of Reeve Aleutian Airways. He earned the name "Glacier Pilot" from carrying men and supplies to remote mines, using glaciers as his landing field. He pioneered the first direct commercial route between Seattle and Anchorage.

Robert Campbell Reeve had two brothers: his twin, Richard Dodge Reeve (27 Mar 1902 - 10 Jun 1932) and Hubert Wesley Reeve ( 19 Jun 1904 - 30 Nov 1972). His father, Hubert Lester Reeve ( 01 Jul 1867 - 1949), after the death of his first wife, May (Mary Ann) Davenport (06 Nov 1867 - 09 Jul 1904), married Dollie I. Gregg. They had one daughter, Dollie Gregg Reeve Montgomery (22 Jan 1907 - 1962)


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