ACTIVITY DURING WWII

AVIATION CADET. PILOT TRAINING AT NAVAL AIR STATION, CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS WITH TRAINING SQUADRON VN14D8 FLYING A CURTISS SNC-1 FALCON. ON MARCH 5, 1942 AT 0825 A.M. CIRCLING FIELD #42 FOR A SIMULATED CARRIER LANDING WITH WHEELS AND FLAPS FULLY EXTENDED HE LOST FLYING SPEED AND ENTERED A SPIN. HE RECOVERED FROM THE SPIN BUT DID NOT REGAIN SUFFICIENT FLYING SPEED. HIS PLANE CRASHED 15 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF NAVAL AIR STATION, CORPUS CHRISTI, AND HE WAS KILLED.