Joseph E. Carberry

Joseph Eugene Carberry (July 20, 1887 – November 12, 1961) was a pioneer aviator.

[3] Carberry set an Army record for altitude carrying a passenger on December 26, 1913, piloting a Curtiss Model G to 7,800 feet (2,400 m).

Three days later he won the MacKay Trophy at Encinitas, California, this time flying S.C. No.

23, a Curtiss Model E airplane manufactured by Army aviators entirely from spare parts.

[4] Carberry later served in the Mexican Punitive Expedition and on the Western Front, rising to the rank of major.