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Ensign Benjamin Lee obituaryEntry/Object ID
2013.13.1.50Description
Clippings and memorabilia from World War I scrapbook compiled by Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, page 48
A single newspaper clipping is glued to page 48. The headline of this article exclaims "Ensign Lee Died in Flames as Rescue Effort Failed: Naval Aviator of Germantown Surrounded by Blazing Gasoline when Plan Fell- One Assistant Saved, but Officer and Third Man Were Lost." The article- along with a photograph of Ensign Benjamin Lee II, notes "Two naval officers plunged through flaming gasoline floating on the surface of the water to try to save Ensign Benjamin Lee, 2d, of 211 Manheim street, Germantown, whose mother, Mrs. Joshua C. Chase, of Philadelphia, has been notified of his death... The plane crashed into the Humber River... in England."
Pages are 7.5 x 10".Photograph Details
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