Arthur James Williams

Lt. Col. Arthur "Art" James Williams, USAAF, AAM, OBE was a pioneering pilot who helped develop aviation in Guyana, then British Guiana.

Arthur James Williams
Known fora pioneering pilot who helped develop aviation in Guyana

Art Williams arrived in British Guiana in August 1934 piloting an Ireland N-2C Neptune amphibian biplane, (regn. NC183M), powered by a 450 hp (340 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp, 9-cylinder radial engine, landing on the Demerara River.

After leaving Guiana, Williams moved to Jupiter, Florida to be with wife Inez and his two children.


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