From what I have been able to find, the Victor Aircraft Corporation, of Freeport, Long Island, was in existence during WWI and then was acquired by Heinrich's company, Albert S. Heinrich Corporation of Freeport, L.I., (according to Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering Vol 5, No 1.), and then he changed its name to Victor Aircraft Corporation as reported in the August 1918 publication. This may have been a move to continue the production of the Victor aircraft line, which included the C-1 Pursuit and Scout versions and the Victor D.8. The company then moved to Richmond, Indiana with Albert Heinrich as its president and eight men (War Dept., 1920) in October of 1918, according to the Richmond Palladium Newspaper article dated 24 Oct 1918. The move was requested earlier in the year by the Air Service so that Heinrich's company would be nearer McCook Field where testing of the four aircraft under contract to the service would be conducted. The company found support to operate under the Starr Piano Company, a very large company with many concerns, mostly in piano and phonograph sets. Their plans included the construction of an aerodrome near the Richmond plant. Interestingly, the article includes that Heinrich had spent four months prior to his arrival in Richmond, Ind. (i.e. since June-July 1918) in Dayton, OH, "connected with the airplane service department of the Italian Government."
Note: After the Armistice was signed the contract for the four Victor aircraft was cancelled. Heinrich filed a claim for money he said he would have received as part of the contract for the move from Freeport, LI to Richmond, IN. This move included 8 men and one car load of supplies. No machine shop equipment was transported. Heinrich lost his claim for reimbursement. Victor Aircraft Corp. continued on as a small aircraft manufacturer and lasted up to the end of 1929 in Mount Holly, NJ with the design and construction of a two place aircraft seen below. The company is said to fallen victim to the economic depression.
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