Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1885, Feb. 27 | Born, Richmond, Va. |
| 1901 | Appointed United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1905 | Graduated United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. |
| 1910 | Ordered to Los Angeles, Calif., to take flight lessons offered to the navy by Glenn Curtiss |
| 1911 | Helped Curtiss design hydroplanes and land planes First passenger to go aloft in a hydroplane Passenger on the first flight of the A-1 aircraft and later made two solo flights, Hammondsport, N.Y. Made first night flight by a naval airman Piloted first aircraft successfully launched from a wire cable, Hammondsport, N.Y. |
| 1912 | Piloted first aircraft successfully launched from a catapult, Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. Married Helen Mildred Lewis Glenn |
| 1913 | Detached from naval aviation |
| 1913-1916 | Served aboard the South Carolina (battleship) |
| 1914 | Designated Naval Aviator Number One |
| 1916-1918 | Instructor, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., serving aboard the Wyoming (battleship) and Kansas (battleship) |
| 1918 | Received Naval Aviator Number One certificate Received first pair of gold wings given to a pilot Duty at Submarine Chaser Base, New London, Conn. Duty with Submarine Chaser Squadron, United States Naval Base Twenty-seven, Plymouth, England (later received Navy Cross for developing submarine chasing tactics doctrine) |
| 1919 | Commander, Crew Number Fourteen, Nucleus (ship) Commander, Zeppelin (steamer) |
| 1919-1920 | Commander, J. Fred Talbot (destroyer) |
| 1920 | Commander, successively Little (destroyer) and Brooks (ship) |
| 1921 | Executive officer, Naval Air Station, Hampton Roads, Va. |
| 1921-1922 | Head, Plans Division, Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C. |
| 1922-1925 | Aviation member, United States Naval Mission to Brazil assisting in the reorganization of the Brazilian navy |
| 1925 | Returned to Bureau of Aeronautics, Washington, D.C. |
| 1926 | Executive officer, Wright (airship tender) Duty in connection with fitting out the Lexington, the navy's second aircraft carrier |
| 1926-1928 | Executive officer, Lexington (aircraft carrier) |
| 1928, Feb. 27 | Killed in airplane crash over the lower Chesapeake Bay while flying from Norfolk, Va., to Annapolis, Md. |
| 1928, Mar. 10 | Declared dead by United States Navy |
| 1928, Apr. 11 | Body washed ashore at Willoughby Spit near Hampton Roads, Va. |