1894 - 1918 (24 years) Submit Photo / Document
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Name |
LeRoy Amos Swan |
Title |
Lieutenant |
Born |
5 Jun 1894 |
Norwich, New London, Connecticut |
Gender |
Male |
Military Service |
U.S. Army Air Corps |
About April 1, 1918, he was ordered to the Wilbur Wright Aviation Field, Dayton, Ohio. He was assigned to the experimental work on mechanical gears for synchronizing the machine gun firing so that the shots would always pass between the propeller blades of the firing airplane. All the ground tests had been completed under his supervision. On June 19, 1918, Lieutenant Swan took to the air to make the first firing tests under actual flying conditions. These tests were successfully completed. At an altitude of 10,000 feet, Lieutenant Frank Paterson, of Dayton, Ohio, an experienced officer of the U.S. Army Air Corps, who was acting as pilot, sent the machine into a nose dive. When he attempted to bring the airplane to a normal flying position, some part failed, the wings of the aircraft collapsed. Lieutenants Paterson and Swan were dead at the scene of the accident when the rescuers responded. |
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LeRoy Amos Swan A Modern History of New London County Volume II. Edited by Benjamin Tinkham Marshall. Lewis Historical Publishing Company, New York 1922. Biographical page (facing) 98. |
Died |
19 Jun 1918 |
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ohio |
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LeRoy Amos Swan Death Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, Connecticut), 20 Jun 1918, Thursday, Page 5 |
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LeRoy Amos Swan Death LeRoy Amos Swan Death |
Buried |
20 Jun 1918 |
Maplewood Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States |
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Swan Monument Completed Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, Connecticut), 29 Apr 1919, Tuesday, Page 5 |
Headstones |
Submit Headstone Photo |
Person ID |
I58930 |
Nagel |
Last Modified |
24 May 2021 |
Father |
Amos Coddington Swan, b. 28 Dec 1863, Montville, New London, Connecticut , d. 21 Jan 1920, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 56 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Jennie Pease Parsons, b. 6 Jul 1864, Norwich, New London, Connecticut , d. 11 Sep 1919, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age 55 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Married |
17 Aug 1886 |
Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts |
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Amos Swan and Jennie Parsons Marriage Amos Swan and Jennie Parsons Marriage, Line #71 |
Family ID |
F17443 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Edna Margaret Troland, b. Jan 1894, Connecticut , d. 27 Dec 1918, Norwich, New London, Connecticut (Age ~ 24 years) |
Married |
22 Nov 1917 |
Norwich, New London, Connecticut |
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LeRoy Swan and Edna Troland Marriage Norwich Bulletin (Norwich, Connecticut), 23 Nov 1917, Friday, Page 5 |
Last Modified |
22 May 2021 |
Family ID |
F17445 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Event Map |
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| Born - 5 Jun 1894 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut |
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| Married - 22 Nov 1917 - Norwich, New London, Connecticut |
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| Died - 19 Jun 1918 - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Montgomery, Ohio |
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| Buried - 20 Jun 1918 - Maplewood Cemetery, Norwich, New London, Connecticut, United States |
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Photos |
| LeRoy Amos Swan Massachusetts, Cambridge, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1918 |
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