Captain Jerry Cox Vasconcells (December 3, 1892 – April 17, 1950) was a World War I flying ace credited with six aerial victories.
[1] Vasconcells was inducted into the Colorado Aviation Hall of Fame in its first ceremony of 1969.
[2] Vasconcells joined the U.S. Army Air Corps[3] at the onset of World War I, and was sent to France in 1917 to fly combat.
Upon returning to the United States, he had numerous health issues relating to his military flying.
He and Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton established Denver's Municipal Airfield with scheduled commercial flight service.