"Slim" ((1907-04-02)April 2, 1907 – (1983-12-01)December 1, 1983) was a pioneering aviator, crop duster, barnstormer, airmail pilot, airline pilot, airline president, Special Assistant to the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA), and one of only ten recipients of the Airmail Flyers' Medal of Honor.
Born on April 2, 1907 in Newark, New Jersey Carmichael was the second of three children born to James Henry Carmichael and Ida Coe Miner.
James H.
Carmichael, Jr.
died of cancer at his home on December 1, 1983 in Delray Beach, Florida.