June 28, 1917
Tours, France (possibly French Air Force Training School), aeroplane accident
BARRETT, THOMAS WINCH, Landsman for
Quartermaster, DOI
August 2, 1917
Naval Air
Station, Bay
Shore, Long Island, N Y, seaplane accident
FLEISCHMANN, CHARLES, Electrician, 3rd class,
USNRF
August 6, 1917
Aeronautic
Detachment, Huntington, Long Island, seaplane accident
WELLS, HARRY MASON, Seaman
August 21, 1917
Tours,
France (possibly
French Air Force Training School), aviation accident
MANLEY,
GEORGE HERBERT, Landsman for Quartermaster (A), injured, DOI
November 4, 1917
Naval Air
Station, Bay
Shore, Long Island, N Y
REYNDERS, JOHN V, Jr,
Electrician, 3rd class, NNV, injured (possibly flying-related), DOI
November 23, 1917
Naval
Aeronautic Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident
BOSE, HERMAN, Quartermaster, 2nd class (A ), drowned
December 5, 1917
Aviation
Naval Headquarters, Paris, France, airplane accident (location
probably outside Paris)
BAKER, CLAUDE ALBERT, Seaman, 2nd class,
drowned
December 7, 1917
Naval Air
Station, Hampton Roads, Va
RICHTER, GEORGE, Quartermaster, 1st class,
USNRF, injured (not known if flying-related)
December 17, 1917
Naval
Aviation, possibly based at Royal Naval Air Station, Felixstowe,
England, seaplane accident, North Sea, off Harwich, England
PAGE, PHILLIPS W, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
December 25, 1917
Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla
CROWE, EDMUND JAMES, Seaman, 2nd class (A),
USNRF, drowned (not known if flying-related)
Curtiss HS-2 flying boat at Cape May,
N J in 1918, with USS Sea Gull in background.
Enlargement shows sub chaser SC-71 in foreground
1918
January 6, 1918
Curtiss
Aeroplane & Motor Corporation, aircraft manufacturer, Buffalo, N Y
HALE, WILBERN RILEY, Shipwright, accident,
died (not known if flying-related)
February 2, 1918
Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pa, seaplane accident
BENNETT, JOHN WILLIAM, Boatswain
February 15, 1918
Royal Naval Air Station, Felixstowe, England, co-piloting one
of two British Curtiss H-12B flying boats, in action with five German
float-planes over North Sea, shot down
STURTEVANT, ALBERT D, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), killed, first
US Naval Aviator lost in combat
Three Royal Naval crew also
killed:
HOLLIDGE,
Sidney J, Air Mechanic 1c
PURDY, Claude C,
Ty/Flight Lieutenant, pilot
STEPHENSON, Arthur
H, Boy Mechanic
February 23, 1918
Newport, R I (probably Naval Air Station),
aeroplane accident
HIGGINBOTHAM, JAMES H, Seaman, 2nd class,
USNRF (not in active Service), killed
February 26, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Dunkirk, France, aeroplane accident
EICHELBERGER, EDWARD CARY, Quartermaster, 2nd
class (A), killed
February 27, 1918
Cape
May, N J (probably
Naval Air Station), aeroplane accident
WEED, WALKER TEN EYCK, Ensign, USNRF, died of burns
Dunkirk, France (probably Naval Air Station),
seaplane accident
READ, CURTIS S, Ensign, USNRF (class 5),
killed
February 28, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Illetudy (or Ile Tudy),
France, seaplane accident
SKAGGS, ANDREW DONNIE, Landsman for
Quartermaster (A)
March 2, 1918
Naval
Aviation Forces In France, seaplane accident (location
not known)
HARVIE, LEO SHOTT, Boatswain's Mate, 1st
class, killed
Cape
May, N J
(probably Naval Air Station), seaplane accident (possibly on February 27 - see
Ensign Weed)
BENNETT, JOHN WILLIAM, Chief Quartermaster,
injured (BN - died in Naval Hospital, Cape May, N J)
March
8, 1918
First
Aeronautic Detachment, Ayr, Scotland
VELIE, HARRY GLENN, Quartermaster, 2nd class
(A), accident, died (not known if flying-related)
March
9, 1918
Pensacola, Fla (probably Naval Air Station),
aeroplane accident
FAZIO, CHARLES JOHN, Machinist's Mate, 2nd
class (A), killed
March
13, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Hampton Roads, Va,
"fall in seaplane"
MACNAUGHTON LESLIE M, Ensign, Reserve Force
(class 5) (NHC - Ensign McNaughton, killed in seaplane accident at Moutchic,
France with Ensign Lloyd A Perry, but on April 12,
1918)
Naval
Headquarters, London, England, aeroplane accident (location
probably outside London)
HOUGH, FREDERICK WILLIAM, Quartermaster, 2nd
class (A), died
March
14, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Key West, Fla
PERKINS, ROGER CONANT, Chief Quartermaster,
USNRF, drowned (not known if flying-related)
March
18, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Miami,
Fla, seaplane accident
LANGDON, FRANCIS ELLIOTT, Electrician, 3rd
class (R)
March
20, 1918
Naval
Aeronautic Detachment No.1 (possibly French Air Force Training School, Tours, France), "falling of airplane"
NELSON, CLARENCE ARTHUR, Machinist's Mate, 1st
class
March
26, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident, both drowned
DELEHANTY, MICHAEL JOSEPH, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
DRAPER, THOMAS W M, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
April
5, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Key West, Fla, two seaplanes collided
EATON, THOMAS WINDAL, Chief Quartermaster,
USNRF, killed
April 12, 1918
Naval
Aeronautic Detachment, France (possibly Detachment No.1, French Air Force Training School, Tours), aeroplane accident
CHAPIN, MINOR JUDSON, Quartermaster, 2nd class
(A), DOI
Naval Air
Station, Moutchic, Lake Lacanau, France, seaplane accident (see Ensign
Leslie MacNoughton, March 13, 1918)
PERRY, LLOYD A, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
April 25, 1918
Naval
Aviation, Royal Naval Air Station, Felixstowe, England, second pilot in
one of two British seaplanes, in action with two German seaplanes, one of which
he shot down near the North Hinder Lightship in the North Sea. Five more German aircraft arrived
and Ensign Potter's aircraft was shot down
POTTER, STEPHEN, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), (this
was the first enemy seaplane credited to a US Naval Aviator; NHC - enemy aircraft shot down on March
19)
April 27, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Chatham, Mass
HOXIE, RALPH BOWMAN, Chief Machinist's Mate,
USNRF, accident, died (not known if
flying-related)
April 30, 1918
Naval
Headquarters, Paris, France, seaplane accident (location
probably outside Paris)
SMITH, EDWARD AUGUSTUS, Quartermaster, 1st
class
May 4, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Bay
Shore, Long Island, N Y, seaplane collision at Station
ALDEN, SPENCER T, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
May 5, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Cape May, N J
WARLSH, CHARLES Jr,
Seaman, 2nd class, drowned (not known if flying-related)
May 10, 1918
Naval
Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident
McCALLA, RICHARD
CALVIN, Chief Quartermaster (A), killed
May 17, 1918
Naval Base,
Norfolk, Va, aeroplane accident
CRAILIE, CHARLES CABANNE, Ensign, Reserve
Force (class 5), killed
May 18, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Dunkirk, France, aeroplane accident
GANSTER, JOHN, Quartermaster, 2nd class,
injured, DOI
May 20, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Dunkirk, France
MARSHBURN, DJALMA, Quartermaster, 2nd class,
drowned (not known if flying-related)
May 31, 1918
Miami, Fla (probably Naval Air Station),
seaplane accident
EVANS, GEORGE B, Jr,
Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
June 14, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Key West, Fla
JONES, WILLIAM D, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class
(A), accidentally killed (not known if flying-related)
June 19, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident, both killed
(not known if same incident)
BLAIR, ANDREW BEIRNE, Jr,
Chief Quartermaster, USNRF
SYLVESTER, BRYL EDWIN, Quartermaster, 2nd
class (A ), USNRF
June 28, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident
ZELLER, GEORGE JOHN, Machinist's Mate, 1st
class
July 1, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Le Croisic, France, seaplane accident (not known If
same incident)
KNEIP, EDWARD CHARLES, Machinist's Mate, 1st
class (A)
WEDDELL, THOMAS MACMILLAN, Landsman for Quartermaster
(A )
July 7, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Moutchic, Lake Lacanau, France, seaplane accident
CROSSCUP, WOLDEMAN E, Ensign, Reserve Force
(class 5)
July 9, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Miami,
Fla, seaplane accident
MUTTY, LOUIS PETER, Quartermaster (Chief) (A),
USNRF
July 11, 1918
Naval Aviation
Forces, Foreign Service (location not known)
FERRELL, EDWARD WASHINGTON, Machinist's Mate,
2nd class, USNRF, injured, DOI (not known if flying-related)
July 12, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Bay
Shore, Long Island, N Y
BEHAN, WILLIAM JOSEPH, Chief Quartermaster,
USNRF, drowned (not known if flying-related)
July 13, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Chatham, Mass
ANDREWS, JUNIUS FRANKLIN, Ensign, USNRF (class
5), accident, burned to death (presumably flying-related)
July 17, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Miami,
Fla, seaplane accident
PERCIVAL, CHARLES EDWARD, Chief Quartermaster
(A), USNRF
July 19, 1918
East
Greenwich,
R I (possibly Gallaudet Aircraft Co, manufacturer of D-4 combat seaplane),
seaplane accident
SOUTHER, ARTHUR FULLER, Lieutenant (JG), USNRF
(class 5), killed
July 30, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Moutchic, Lake Lacanau, France
KRUGER, CHARLES EDWARD, Electrician, 2nd class
(R), USNRF, drowned (not known if flying-related)
August 11, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Porto Corsino, near Ravenna, Italy, seaplane accident
GOGGINS, JAMES LAWRENCE, Landsman for
Quartermaster (A ), killed
August 12, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Dunkirk, France, seaplane accident
LAVEN, HARRY, Yeoman, 3rd class, DOI
Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident (not known if
same incident)
FRALEY, GUY BARSTOW, Chief Quartermaster,
USNRF, killed (BN - airplane accident)
MANDEVILLE, GARRETT THOMPSON, Chief
Quartermaster, USNRF, killed
TOPP, AUGUSTUS, Chief Quartermaster,
USNRF, killed
August
13, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Moutchic, Lake Lacanau, France
PHILBRICK, EVERETT GERRISH, Electrician, 3rd
class (R), USNRF, drowned (not known if flying-related)
Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident
FENTON, JOSEPH JOHN, Chief Quartermaster,
USNRF, killed
August
14, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Moutchic, Lake Lacanau, France, aeroplane accident (not known if
same incident)
BARNETT, LESTER ACHAN, Quartermaster, 2nd
class, killed (BN - airplane accident)
DAVIDSON, DELOZIER, Ensign, Reserve Force
(class 5), (BN - seaplane accident, NHC - on 22nd)
Naval Air
Station, Pauillac, France, aeroplane accident
CAMPBELL, DALE VERN, Quartermaster, 2nd class,
killed
August
17, 1918
Italy (possibly Naval Air Station at Bolsena, Porto Corsini or Pescara), (NHC - seaplane accident, both Ensigns
killed; possibly involved Machinist's Mate Hartle)
HARTLE, ORRIN FRANCIS, Machinist's Mate, 2nd
class, USNRF, killed (BN - aeroplane accident, Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign
Service (location not known, possibly Italy))
NICHOLS, ALAN L, Ensign, USNRF, (BN - aeroplane
accident)
TERRES, HUGH, Ensign USNRF (class 5), (BN -
aeroplane accident)
August
20, 1918
Dunkirk, France (probably Naval Air Station),
seaplane accident
McKINNON, THOMAS
NEIL, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
Naval Air
Station, Moutchic, Lake Lacanau, near Bordeaux, France, bomb explosion
VATH, EARL JOSEPH, Electrician, 3rd class (R),
USNRF, (possibly killed at Naval Air Station, St Trojan)
Naval Air
Station, St Trojan, near Bordeaux, France, seaplane on slip leaving for
patrol flight, bomb exploded due to defective bomb-carrying gear, total of 8
killed and 16 injured, only 6 or possibly 7 of the killed have been identified.
The dead might have included Electrician Vath from Moutchic Air Station, and perhaps Yeoman O'Gorman drowned
while serving with Naval Aviation Forces)
HOLLEY, MILES HENRY, Quartermaster, 2nd class
(A), (BN - accidental bomb explosion, killed)
RICHARDSON, JESSEE CARTER, Machinist's Mate,
1st class (A), (BN - seaplane accident, killed)
TUCKER, LEWIS FRANKLIN, Landsman for
Quartermaster (A), (BN - accidental bomb explosion, Naval Headquarters, Paris, France), probably Naval Air Station, St
Trojan
Naval
Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, (not known where)
O'GORMAN, MATTHEW E, Yeoman, 1st class, USNRF,
drowned (not known if flying-related, possibly blown into sea by bomb explosion
at Naval Air Station, St Trojan)
August
21, 1918
Brest, France (probably Naval Air Station),
seaplane accident (all three possibly same incident)
BOORSE, ARTHUR LEE, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
CLARK, ROBERT F, Ensign, USNRF,
REDMAN, WILLIAM FREDERICK, Machinist's Mate,
2nd class USNRF, (BN - Naval Aviation Forces, Foreign Service, seaplane
accident in Brest Harbor)
August
22, 1918
Naval Air
Station, St Trojan, France, seaplane on slip leaving for patrol flight on 20th,
bomb exploded due to defective bomb-carrying gear
BARRY, EDMUND BOSTON, Ensign, USNRF (class 5),
presumably DOW, (BN - bomb explosion on seaplane, died)
KNEELAND, LEONARD LEANDER, Quartermaster, 2nd
class (A), presumably DOW, (BN - accidental bomb explosion, died)
August
23, 1918
Naval Air
Station, St Trojan, France, seaplane on slip leaving for patrol flight on 20th,
bomb exploded due to defective bomb-carrying gear
McVEIGH, JOHN JAMES,
Quartermaster, 2nd class (A), (BN - seaplane accident, wounded, DOW)
August
24, 1918
Naval
Aviation (possibly Naval Air Station, Bay Shore, Montauk, or Rockaway, all on
Long Island), seaplane collision, 12 miles southeast of Fire Island Lightship,
off Long Island, N Y
PERO, DONALD C, Ensign, USNRF, killed
August
26, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Miami,
Fla
CANFIELD, HERBERT FLORIAN, Chief Quartermaster,
USNRF, injured, DOI (not known if flying-related)
August
29, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident (not known if
same incidents)
CHURCHILL, JAMES FLOYD, Chief Quartermaster, USNRF
WILCOX, DE WITT GIFFORD, Chief Quartermaster,
USNRF
August
30, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Rockaway Beach (or Bay), Long Island, N Y
NEWMAN, FREDERICK ARMAND, Machinist's Mate,
1st class (A), drowned (not known if flying-related)
September
2, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Bay
Shore, Long Island, N Y, seaplane accident
TALASKA, WALTER PAUL, Chief Quartermaster,
USNRF, fell from seaplane
September
3, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Paimboeuf, France
LAMPORT, NATHAN HARRY, Seaman, 2nd class,
USNRF, injured, DOI (not known if flying-related)
September
14, 1918
St Inglevert, France (probably Northern Bombing Group
aerodrome), aeroplane accident, both killed
FROTHINGHAM, PHILIP BERNARD, Ensign, USNRF
(class 5)
PALMER, CLYDE N, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
Naval
Aviation (probably Naval Air Station, Cape May, N J), seaplane accident near Five Fathom Lightship,
Cape May, N J
CATCHPOLE, HARRY G, Ensign, USNRF,
September
15, 1918
Naval
Aviation (probably Naval Air Station, Port Corsini,
near Ravenna, Italy), seaplane accident at Porto Corsini, Italy (probably same incident)
BERGEN, LOUIS JOSEPH, Ensign, USNRF, (BN -
aeroplane accident, died in Hospital, Ravenna, Italy)
MURPHY, THOMAS LEO, Gunner, injured, died in
Hospital, Ravenna, Italy
September
18, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Lough Foyle, Ireland
KELLY, WILLIAM EDWARD, Boiler Maker, USNRF,
drowned (not known if flying-related)
September
21, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Paimboeuf, France
NORMAN CRAIG, Seaman, 2nd class, USNRF,
injured, DOI and complications (not known if flying-related)
September
24, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla, aviation accident (not known if
the same incident)
BOURNIQUE, JOY CURTIS, Ensign, USNRF, (BN -
seaplane accident, Pensacola, Fla, killed; probably Naval Air
Station)
JONES, TOM OWEN, Chief Quartermaster (A),
USNRF, (BN - aviation accident, killed)
SAUNDERS, STUART BENTON, Chief Quartermaster
(A), USNRF, (BN - seaplane accident, Pensacola, Fla, killed; probably Naval Air
Station)
September
25, 1918
Pensacola, Fla (probably Naval Air Station), seaplane crash, Chief
Machinist's Mate Francis Ormsbee went to the aid of
the two man crew, saved the gunner, but was unable to rescue the pilot. Awarded
Medal of Honor
McCARTHY, THOMAS
CARROLL, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), pilot, killed
October
4, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Pensacola, Fla, seaplane accident (not known if
same incident)
McKINNEY, DOOLEY OAKLEY, Machinist's Mate,
1st class, USNRF, killed
PETERSON, CARL OLIVER, Ensign, USNRF (class 5)
October
8, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Cape
May, N J,
all possibly same incident, seaplane crash near Fenwick Island Light Vessel,
off Delaware
GROH, HERBERT ELMER, Machinist's Mate, 1st
class, USNRF, (BN - lost at sea in seaplane)
JOHNSON, WILLIAM JENNINGS, Electrician, 2nd
class (R), (BN - lost at sea from aeroplane A-1210)
TIBBITTS, RUSSELL D, Ensign, USNRF (class 5), (BN - seaplane accident 15 miles NE of Fenwick Island Light Vessel, Del (NHC - 11th); possibly Naval Air
Station, Cape
May, N J)
October
11, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Killingholme, Lincolnshire, England, all seaplane accident, possibly
same incident, off Immingham, Lincolnshire
RICHARDSON, ROBERT EVANS, Electrician, 3rd
class, USNRF, drowned (BN - Naval Air Station, European waters)
SERGAI, BENNETT, Machinist's Mate, 2nd class,
drowned
TYSON, CHARLES McGHEE,
Lieutenant (JG), USNRF (class 5), (BN - off Immingham, Lincolnshire, England)
October
19, 1918
Naval Air
Station, St Trojan, France
STOKER, ELLSWORTH WILFORD, Chief Machinist's
Mate, wounded, DOW (not known if flying-related)
October
22, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Whiddy Island, Ireland, seaplane accident
ANDERSON, WALFRED ALLEN, Electrician, 3rd
class, (R ), killed
October
26, 1918
Naval Air
Station, Illetudy (or Ille Tudy), France, seaplane accident
SPRAGUE, WILLIAM G Ensign, USNRF (class 5), (NHC - August 26)
October
28, 1918
Naval
Forces Operating in European Waters, seaplane accident (location not known)
FISHER, RAYMOND GEORGE, Machinist's Mate, 2nd
class, lost at sea