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George Crompton Jr.
The headstone of George Crompton (1897 - 1987) in the Rural Cemetery of Worcester, Massachusetts.
According to the National Museum of Naval Aviation:
"A native of Worcester, Massachusetts and a graduate of Harvard University, George Crompton enrolled in the Navy as a Quartermaster First Class on 1 May 1917. A member of the first lighter-than-air class trained by the Goodyear Rubber Company at Akron, Ohio, he was designated Naval Aviator Number 100 on 21 September 1917. His wartime service included duty at Naval Air Station (NAS) Montauk, France, and NAS Rockaway, Long Island where he participated in early experiments operating JN-4 Jenny airplanes from the C-1 blimp."
Additional information on Lieutenant Crompton is available in the book New England Aviators 1914-1918: Their Portraits and their Records, Volume 1 By Caroline Ticknor. His section of the book is online at books.google.com/books?id=Y9sDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA408&l...
George Crompton Jr.
The headstone of George Crompton (1897 - 1987) in the Rural Cemetery of Worcester, Massachusetts.
According to the National Museum of Naval Aviation:
"A native of Worcester, Massachusetts and a graduate of Harvard University, George Crompton enrolled in the Navy as a Quartermaster First Class on 1 May 1917. A member of the first lighter-than-air class trained by the Goodyear Rubber Company at Akron, Ohio, he was designated Naval Aviator Number 100 on 21 September 1917. His wartime service included duty at Naval Air Station (NAS) Montauk, France, and NAS Rockaway, Long Island where he participated in early experiments operating JN-4 Jenny airplanes from the C-1 blimp."
Additional information on Lieutenant Crompton is available in the book New England Aviators 1914-1918: Their Portraits and their Records, Volume 1 By Caroline Ticknor. His section of the book is online at books.google.com/books?id=Y9sDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA408&l...