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Lieutenant Richard Foulk Day obituaryEntry/Object ID
2013.13.1.60Description
Clippings and memorabilia from World War I scrapbook compiled by Dr. Naaman H. Keyser, page 58
A single article is glued to page 58. The headline for this September 29, 1918 article exclaims "Philadelphia Airman Dies on French Front." The article continues: "One Philadelphia aviator is reported killed and two others, one of whom was reported dead, but is believed to have escaped from the enemy, have been cited for bravery, according to press dispatches received in this city. Lieutenant Henry H. Woodward, son of Dr. and Mrs. George Woodward, of Kreisheim [Krisheim], Chestnut Hill, who is mentioned in dispatches as having been killed on July 19, is alive and well, and has succeeded in bringing down a Hun plane near Verdun... The aviator, who is reported killed, is Lieutenant Richard Foulk Day, 2d, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Day, West Clapier street, Germantown... Lieutenant Day... lost his life at Clermont-Ferrand, France, September 25, in an airplane accident. The details are still unknown here." Includes photograph of Lieutenant Day.
Pages are 7.5 x 10".Photograph Details
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