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2nd Lt. Hawley Adelbert Thomas, Jr.

Sources: Author: Navorska, Rose; Title: Talk to David A. Navorska, (Publication site: Olmsted Twp., Cuyahoga Co., OH, Publisher: LRBEN, Publication date: ca. MCMLXXXI)

HAT Jr. is not the biological son of HAT Sr.

Hawley Jr. was a 2nd Lieut. in U.S.Army Air Corps at time of death. He was on a military flight during WWII flying within the U.S.A.

Family tradition has it that the airplane was sabotaged causing the propeller to break away and crash through the cabin. Hawley, who was in the co-pilot seat, died. The pilot lived. Normally, Hawley would be the pilot, but a higherranking officer took the pilot spot. The story is there was sugar in the gas tank.

Buried in Wakeman Cem. on OH 303.

Author: Neel, Thomas S.; et al., Title: «u»Huron Co., OH Cemetery Inscriptions«/u», (Publication site: Norwalk OH, Publisher: HCCOGS, Publication date: MCMXCVII) pg 895, Repository: Dallas TX pub. lib.

"Wakeman Village Cemetery, Wakeman Twp ... West Section - Row 5
...
5 THOMAS, Hawley A., Ohio 2 Lieut. Air Corps, 12 May 1943 (WWII marker)"

Author: Hoyt, Gerry; Title: Letter to Rose Navorska, (Publication site: Idaho, Publisher: GH, Publication date: xxvii Aug MCMLXXIX)

CDP-census defined place.

Author: (NN-family name not given), Linda B.; Title: "Hawley A. Thomas," (Publication site: Wakeman OH, Publisher: Find-a-Grave, Publication date: xxxi May MMXII)

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91088253/hawley-a-thomas

"Photo [Hawley's military-style stone] added by Tischa (Valentine)Brian Lenhart
[photo-Hawley's obit.] Added by Nelda
[photo-request for military-style stone] Added by Patti Johnson

Hawley A. Thomas Birth unknown Death 12 May 1943 Burial Wakeman Township Cemetery Wakeman, Huron County, Ohio, USA Plot West Section - Row 5 #5 Memorial ID 91088253

Ohio 2 Lieut. Air Corps., 12 May 1943, WWII marker

Created by: [NN-family name not given], LindaB Added: May 31, 2012 Find a Grave Memorial ID: 91088253"

Text of article about the in-flight event, provenance unknown:

"BARKSDALE FIELD FLIERS KILLED IN ALABAMA CRASH

BARKSDALE FIELD. Shrevesport, La., May 13-(UP)-Names of five Army airmen killed last night in an airplane accident near Vinegar Bend, Ala., were announced today by officials at Barksdale Field, their home base.

One man, Lt. Col. Adam J. Heintz of 11503 12th Street Greeley Colo., pilot of the plane, survived the accident, believed to have been an explosion. Barksdale officials said that Colonel Heintz called his home base last night but did not state the nature of the accident. An Army board was investigating. Colonel Heintz reportedly parachuted to saftey.

The dead included Major Cheney Cowles, son of W. H. Cowles, Sr., Spokane, Wash., publisher Major Cowles was intelligence officer at Barksdale and formerly had been stationed at Colorado Springs, Colo., and at Fort George Wright, Wash.

Others were 2nd Lt. Hawley A. Thomas, co-pilot, of Amherst, O. Major Jeth W. Dodson, Barksdale signal officer, of Durant, Okla., Staff Sgt. Herbert E. Brackin of Dalthem, Ala., and Staff Sgt. Milford Hershwowitz of Kingston, Pa.

Bodies of the men were at a Mobile, Ala. funeral home, Barksdale officials said."

Text of Application for headstone or marker:

"... Granite Marker ... Serial Number 0-519997 ... Thomas, Hawley A. Rank 2nd Lt. Air Corps II Air Support Command Barksdale Field, La. ... Date of Death May 12, 1943 ... Cemetery Wakeman Cemetery Wakeman Ohio ... To be shipped to Mrs. Dora Thomas, at N.Y.C.-Wakeman, O. Whose post office address is R. D. #2 Amherst, O. ... Signature Mrs. Dora Thomas Applicant Address R. D. #2 Amherst, O. Date 7/24/43 ..."
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Ancestors (and descendant) of Hawley Adelbert Thomas

Charles Homer Hill
1866-1935
Lydia Rosetta Hern
1869-1943

Hawley Adelbert Thomas
1921-1943


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    Historical events

    Birthday April 21, 1921

    • The temperature on April 21, 1921 was between 2.2 °C and 11.1 °C and averaged 6.7 °C. There was 0.6 mm of rain. There was 2.5 hours of sunshine (18%). The average windspeed was 2 Bft (weak wind) and was prevailing from the northwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from September 9, 1918 to September 18, 1922 the cabinet Ruys de Beerenbrouck I, with Jonkheer mr. Ch.J.M. Ruys de Beerenbrouck (RKSP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1921: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 6.9 million citizens.
      • March 19 » Irish War of Independence: One of the biggest engagements of the war takes place at Crossbarry, County Cork. About 100 Irish Republican Army (IRA) volunteers escape an attempt by over 1,300 British forces to encircle them.
      • March 20 » The Upper Silesia plebiscite was a plebiscite mandated by the Versailles Treaty to determine a section of the border between Weimar Germany and Poland.
      • May 31 » The Tulsa race massacre kills at least 39, but other estimates of black fatalities vary from 55 to about 300.
      • June 20 » Workers of Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in the city of Chennai, India, begin a four-month strike.
      • July 11 » The Red Army captures Mongolia from the White Army and establishes the Mongolian People's Republic.
      • October 13 » Soviet republics sign the Treaty of Kars to formalize the borders between Turkey and the South Caucasus states.

    Day of death May 12, 1943

    • The temperature on May 12, 1943 was between 9.4 °C and 18.4 °C and averaged 13.9 °C. There was 1.9 hours of sunshine (12%). The average windspeed was 4 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the south-southwest. Source: KNMI
    • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
    • In The Netherlands , there was from July 27, 1941 to February 23, 1945 the cabinet Gerbrandy II, with Prof. dr. P.S. Gerbrandy (ARP) as prime minister.
    • In the year 1943: Source: Wikipedia
      • The Netherlands had about 9.1 million citizens.
      • January 23 » World War II: Troops of the British Eighth Army capture Tripoli in Libya from the German–Italian Panzer Army.
      • February 9 » World War II: Allied authorities declare Guadalcanal secure after Imperial Japan evacuates its remaining forces from the island, ending the Battle of Guadalcanal.
      • March 15 » World War II: Third Battle of Kharkov: The Germans retake the city of Kharkov from the Soviet armies in bitter street fighting.
      • May 22 » Joseph Stalin disbands the Comintern.
      • July 23 » The Rayleigh bath chair murder occurred in Rayleigh, Essex, England.
      • November 22 » World War II: Cairo Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese Premier Chiang Kai-shek meet in Cairo, Egypt, to discuss ways to defeat Japan.
    

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