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Thomas Elmer Braniff (December 6, 1883 – January 10, 1954) was an original co-founder of Braniff International Airways, along with his brother Paul Revere Braniff. Known as Tom Braniff, he was also a noted insurance pioneer in Oklahoma.
Nov 1, 1994 · Braniff, Thomas Elmer (1883–1954). Thomas Elmer Braniff, businessman and aviation pioneer, was born on December 6, 1883, in Salina, Kansas, to John A. and Mary Catherine (Baker) Braniff.
Apr 4, 2024 · Thomas Braniff served as president of the airline but tragically died in a private plane crash in 1954. He outlived his son Truman, who died in a training aircraft crash in 1938, and his...
Mar 30, 2024 · However, Thomas Braniff died tragically in a private plane crash near Shreveport in 1954 at the age of 70. His brother Paul died a few months later from cancer.
Thomas Elmer Braniff was an American business executive especially associated with air transport. He is distinguished for becoming the nation's leading insurance men and a co-founder of Braniff Airlines, the first airline in the Southwest that by 1952 became the sixth largest airline in the United States and the twelfth largest in the world.
Sep 10, 2022 · Those brothers, Paul Reeve Braniff, the dreamer and aviator, and Thomas Elmer Braniff, the pragmatist…had the courage and foresight to become early pioneers in America’s burgeoning aviation industry.”
Thomas E. Braniff. Tom Braniff was born on December 6, 1883, the oldest of six children born to Mary Catherine Baker Braniff and John Braniff in Salina, Kansas. The lineage of the family in America began in 1800 when Tom’s grandfather, Patrick Braniff, emigrated from Ireland to Pennsylvania.
