Facts: - death place: los angeles , california , united states - branch: canadian states army army royal air force air service , united - caption: frederick libby , 1918 - placeofburial label: place of burial - battles: 50px & nbsp ; world war i - death date: 9 january 1970 - allegiance: united states 23px - awards: military cross -lrb- mc -rrb- - birth date: 15 july 1891 - unit: royal air force - name: frederick libby - image size: 250 - serviceyears: 1915 -- 1917 - image: frederick libby.jpg - birth place: sterling , colorado , united states - rank: captain Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of frederick libby .
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captain frederick libby -lrb- 15 july 1891 -- 9 january 1970 -rrb- became the first american flying ace , while serving as an observer in the royal flying corps during world war i. libby transferred to the united states army air service on 15 september 1917 .he returned to the united states and helped raise war funding through liberty loans .he was then invalided out of military service with spondylitis .despite his disability , and the predictions that he would die early as a result of his condition , libby prospered as an oil prospector and businessman .he was a founder of western air lines .in his latter years , he wrote his memoirs , '' horses do n't fly '' , which was published after his death on 9 january 1970 .