A bomber pilot died Jan. 21. Not in action over Europe but in his home on the Upper West Side, ending a bumpy journey that included a Jazz Age childhood in Greenwich Village, battling Hitler, busting ...
Before he became known as the father of artificial Christmas trees, Si Spiegel was a valiant Army aviator. In the closing days of World War II, he was piloting his B-17 Flying Fortress in an armada of ...
The son of Jewish immigrants, he was a pilot in World War II who later created patents to mass-produce artificial conifers. By Sam Roberts Before he became known as the father of artificial Christmas ...
Before he became known as the father of artificial Christmas trees, Si Spiegel was a valiant Army aviator. In the closing days of World War II, he was piloting his B-17 Flying Fortress in an armada of ...