Early Life and Family Values
Roy Frampton Brissenden was born, 19 April 1919, to Henry Frampton and Elsie Ball Brissenden in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he received his public education and began his early careers. The eldest of three sons (James and Edward), Roy showed keen interest in aviation from an early age. His parents were persons of strong moral fibre, with solid work ethics and an entrepreneurial bent. These traits, paired with his natural inquisitiveness, became manifest in a character that would eventually produce astonishing results.
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