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English: Woldemar E. Crosscup, Ensign, U.S.N.R.F. Killed in seaplane accident, July 6, 1918. Born Dec. 30, 1895. He attended the Quincy (Wollaston) Grammar School, and Wilbraham Academy. He was later associated with his father in the printing business. Following the declaration of war, he enlisted in the Aviation Service, and was assigned to the Squantum Aviation Field, in May, 1917. After the breaking-up of the Squantum Field he was transferred to Pensacola, Fla. He was ordered overseas in Feb., 1918, and served in France until July, 1918. He was killed in a seaplane crash, on July 6, 1918, at Moutchic-Lacanau, France. He was buried at Lacanau, Gironde, France.

Identifier: NewEnglandaviatVol2Tick (find matches)
Title: New England aviators 1914-1918; their portraits and their records
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Ticknor, Caroline, 1866-1937, ed
Subjects: Biography Aeronautics World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: Boston, New York, Houghton Mifflin Company
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

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He was buried at Lacanau, Gironde, France.(Portrait on opposite page.) WESLEY L. KEOUGH Second Lieutenant, A.S., U.S.A. Son of Henry Edward and Charlotte Adaline (Rogers) Keough ofLowell, Mass.; was born at Chelsea, Mass., Jan. 23, 1891. He grad-uated from the Winthrop High School, Winthrop, Mass., and fromthe Lowell Textile School in 1910. From 1911 to 1915 he servedin K Co., 6th Inf., Mass. N.G. He enlisted at Plattsburg, N.Y.,May 14,1917, and attended the 1st Officers Training Camp. He wasthen transferred to the M.I.T. Ground School, and subsequentlyserved as a cadet at Kelly Field, San Antonio, Tex. He was commis-sioned 2d Lieut, on Feb. 14, 1918. He served as Instructor in flyingat Kelly Field, and later at South Field, Americus, Ga. He was or-dered to Garden City, N.Y., for overseas service, but was preventedfrom sailing by the signing of the Armistice. He was then ordered toduty at Rockwell Field, San Diego, Cal., where at his own requesthe was discharged, Jan. 9, 1919. ( 268 )
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HENRY SOUTHER Major, A.S., U.S.A., Signal Officers Reserve CorpsDied in Service, Aug. 15, 1917Born at Boston, Mass., Sept. 11, 1865. He was educated in theBoston public schools, and at the Mass. Institute of Technology,graduating in 1887. After leaving the M.I.T. he took post-grad-uate work in metallurgy in Germany, and was subsequently asso-ciated with the Pennsylvania Steel Co., at Steelton, Pa. He estab-lished a testing laboratory at Hartford, Conn., for commercial work.He enlisted in the U.S. Service, in 1917, and was commissionedMajor in the Signal Officers Reserve Corps, and was appointedAssistant Chief of Division of Aviation. Major Souther died at Fort Monroe, Va., Aug. 15, 1917, after asurgical operation. (Portrait on opposite page.) FRANK NICHOLS FERRONEEnsign, U.S.N.R.F. Son of Michael A. and Annie A. Ferrone, of Jamaica Plain, Mass.;was born at East Boston, Aug. 21, 1889. He was educated at theMechanic Arts High School, Boston, and at the Thomson HoustonEngineering School.

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