Talk:Russell Thaw

Ace[edit]

Perhaps the confusion over Ace status is due to the similarly named Col. William Thaw (1893-1934), a WWI ace, who would have been Russell William Thaw's (half) first cousin (if Henry Kendall Thaw had actually been Russell William Thaw's father). - Nunh-huh 10:21, 30 May 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Photo[edit]

Are there no photos of him as an adult ? -- Beardo (talk) 21:26, 26 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

There are actually some very nice photos of him as a pilot that can be found on the web easily, including some that are marked as having "no known copyright issues" (e.g., on Flickr via the San Diego Air & Space Museum; see the details about the copyright of those images here). But I do not believe I have enough expertise on copyright matters to handle them myself). —BarrelProof (talk) 23:08, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Notability[edit]

Is this person notable enough for an article on Wikipedia? Besides being Evelyn Nesbit's son, what makes him notable? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Reillyaceofspies (talk • contribs) 18:14, 10 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

He seems notable as a pilot, and he appeared in at least six films. That's something. —BarrelProof (talk) 23:11, 3 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

WW2 record?[edit]

The lede says ...a pioneering aviator and veteran of World War II.

No mention of his WW2 record in the article. Valetude (talk) 12:36, 14 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 27 November 2018[edit]

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The result of the move request was: Page moved. (non-admin closure) Steel1943 (talk) 22:11, 4 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Russell William Thaw → Russell Thaw – Reviewing the online sources that are cited in the article (those that are not paywalled) and Wikipedia articles and IMDB entries for films in which he appeared, I found no instances of him being referred to as "Russell William Thaw". I found one mention of "Russell W. Thaw", but mostly just "Russell Thaw". Looking on the web, it seems he informally went by "Russ Thaw" during his days as a test pilot (see his signature here – note that some of the text on that page may have been copied from Wikipedia). —BarrelProof (talk) 20:03, 27 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Support. Appears to have been his common name. -- Necrothesp (talk) 13:55, 28 November 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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