The Paducah Sun-Democrat (Paducah, Ky.),
Tue, 8 Apr 1941, p1 & 7, c3-4 & 8
Find Wrecked Naval Bomber; Plight Of Crew, Including West Kentuckian, Not Known
L. C. Luton, radioman, first class, who today was reported missing along with nine other men aboard a Navy patrol bomber off Norfolk, Va., is the son of Mrs. P. G. Luton, of Little Cyprus, Ky.
Luton had been in the Navy 21 years, according to J. D. Luton, a brother, of Benton Route 6. He visited his home here last summer. Luton is also the brother of Mrs. H. H. Shaffer, Paducah Route 3, Mrs. Marley G. Seay, Paducah Route 3, and Mrs. Paula N. Powell, Detroit, Mich.
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Norfolk, Va., April 8 (AP) - A wrecked naval bomber was cited off Cape Charles, Va., today by searchers for a big naval patrol craft which has been missing since yesterday with ten men aboard.
Naval authorities here said that it was the missing ship.
Hope that the plane and its men were safe was felt for a time on the basis of reports from Navy and Coast Guard sources in Washington and New York that is ship resembling the missing craft was seen operating safely in New Jersey waters. Later the Atlantic City Coast Guard station identified this plane as one of those searching for the bomber.
The Cape Charles wreckage was cited from a navy plane.
Coast Guard headquarters here said that one of their life boats, equipped with two-way radio, had reached the scene of the wreckage and had reported that no sign of life was visible in the area. The boat was from the Metomkin inlet station.
Messages received from the searchers did not say whether they had seen any survivors of the two officers and eight enlisted men – including one Kentuckian – aboard the bomber when she took off from here for the naval air station at Quonsett Point, R.I.
The searching plane was not able to land. The pilot flashed word that he also sighted a life raft but could not tell if anyone was on it.
The Coast Guard immediately dispatched the cutters Dionne and Rush to the scene.
The Lakehurst (N.J.) naval air station reported that its biggest blimp, the TC14, was about 30 miles from the scene and proceeding there at once.
The patrol plane, a PBY 1, left here at 8:35 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, yesterday for the naval air station at Quonsett Point, R. I., on a transfer flight. It was scheduled to make the trip in four hours.
Routine Report
Ten minutes after taking off, when the plane probably was 30 to 40 miles long, it made a routine flight report. The next word received was a fragmentary "down at sea" - was picked up eight hours later by a radio station here.
Rear Admiral E. G. King, commander of the Atlantic fleet, took charge of the search which covered the whole length of the plane's route. Naval authorities in Washington indicated they were unable to judge, from the site information available, where the plane might have gone down.
Admiral King ordered naval vessels on patrol duty at sea to join in the hunt and airplanes from here, New York and other points soared aloft in the search.
Lighter-then-air craft were ordered out from the Lakehurst, N.J., station.
Crew Listed
The flying boat was piloted by Ensign G. N. Blackburn, navel reservist, Lenni Mills, Pa., with Ensign G. W. Marson of Cambridge City, Ind., at co-pilot. The two were assigned to transfer the plane to Quonsett Point after it had been based with the Navy's utility squadron here for several months.
With them on the flight with these enlisted men:
T. F. Mueller, chief photographer, San Diego, Calif.; L. C. Luton, radioman, first class, Little Cyprus, Ky.; F. W. Crowe, aviation machinist mate, first class, Boulevard Heights, Md.; L. L. Gurganus, radioman, second class, Parrish, Ala.; W. Broadhurst, aviation machinist mate, third class, Albany, N.Y.; F. McElrath, aviation ordnance man, third class, Newburgh, N.Y.; B. A. Taylor, seaman, second class, Rutledge, Ala.; A. P. Fasano. seaman, second class, Port Washington, L.I.
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The Paducah-Sun (Paducah, Ky.),
Thu, 24 Apr 1941, p18, c2
Memorial Services For Missing Naval Fliers On Friday
Louis C. Luton Of Marshall County One Of Crew To Perish
Memorial services will be held Friday at the Naval Air Station at Norfolk, Va., for the men who perished recently when a naval airship crashed at sea while on a flight.
Louis C. Luton, son of Mrs. Perry G. Luton of near Sharpe, was among the crew members missing.
Mr. Luton, a radioman first class for 16 years, had been in the Navy 21 years. Twelve years ago he was married to (Miss) Louise Hudgens(sic). They have three daughters, Helen Louise, Marlene and Christine Fay. Other survivors of Mr. Luton include a brother, Joe D. Luton, three sisters, Mrs. H. H. Shaffer, of the Sheehan Bridge road; Mrs. Marley G. Seay, of Oakdale; Mrs. Paul N. Powell, Detroit, and three nieces, Mrs. Hafford Huie, Indianapolis; Mrs. Floyd Lynn, Peoria, Ill. and Mrs. Russell Brown.
Mr. Luton attended the David Lipscomb College in Nashville, Tenn. and the Draughon's Business College in Bowling Green.
Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, sent the following message to Mr. Luton's wife:
"The sorrowful news of the death at sea of your husband, radioman Louis Luton, and of the other deaths involved, has been a great shock to us and I know how severe your suffering must be. You have my heartfelt sympathy. With nearly 21 years of service in the Navy, your husband's qualifications made him an extremely valuable member of the organization. I hope that your knowledge of his loyal and patriotic service in our country's defense forces will be a source of some consolation to you. You have the deepest sympathy of the entire personnel of navy aviation."
Tue, 8 Apr 1941, p1 & 7, c3-4 & 8
Find Wrecked Naval Bomber; Plight Of Crew, Including West Kentuckian, Not Known
L. C. Luton, radioman, first class, who today was reported missing along with nine other men aboard a Navy patrol bomber off Norfolk, Va., is the son of Mrs. P. G. Luton, of Little Cyprus, Ky.
Luton had been in the Navy 21 years, according to J. D. Luton, a brother, of Benton Route 6. He visited his home here last summer. Luton is also the brother of Mrs. H. H. Shaffer, Paducah Route 3, Mrs. Marley G. Seay, Paducah Route 3, and Mrs. Paula N. Powell, Detroit, Mich.
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Norfolk, Va., April 8 (AP) - A wrecked naval bomber was cited off Cape Charles, Va., today by searchers for a big naval patrol craft which has been missing since yesterday with ten men aboard.
Naval authorities here said that it was the missing ship.
Hope that the plane and its men were safe was felt for a time on the basis of reports from Navy and Coast Guard sources in Washington and New York that is ship resembling the missing craft was seen operating safely in New Jersey waters. Later the Atlantic City Coast Guard station identified this plane as one of those searching for the bomber.
The Cape Charles wreckage was cited from a navy plane.
Coast Guard headquarters here said that one of their life boats, equipped with two-way radio, had reached the scene of the wreckage and had reported that no sign of life was visible in the area. The boat was from the Metomkin inlet station.
Messages received from the searchers did not say whether they had seen any survivors of the two officers and eight enlisted men – including one Kentuckian – aboard the bomber when she took off from here for the naval air station at Quonsett Point, R.I.
The searching plane was not able to land. The pilot flashed word that he also sighted a life raft but could not tell if anyone was on it.
The Coast Guard immediately dispatched the cutters Dionne and Rush to the scene.
The Lakehurst (N.J.) naval air station reported that its biggest blimp, the TC14, was about 30 miles from the scene and proceeding there at once.
The patrol plane, a PBY 1, left here at 8:35 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, yesterday for the naval air station at Quonsett Point, R. I., on a transfer flight. It was scheduled to make the trip in four hours.
Routine Report
Ten minutes after taking off, when the plane probably was 30 to 40 miles long, it made a routine flight report. The next word received was a fragmentary "down at sea" - was picked up eight hours later by a radio station here.
Rear Admiral E. G. King, commander of the Atlantic fleet, took charge of the search which covered the whole length of the plane's route. Naval authorities in Washington indicated they were unable to judge, from the site information available, where the plane might have gone down.
Admiral King ordered naval vessels on patrol duty at sea to join in the hunt and airplanes from here, New York and other points soared aloft in the search.
Lighter-then-air craft were ordered out from the Lakehurst, N.J., station.
Crew Listed
The flying boat was piloted by Ensign G. N. Blackburn, navel reservist, Lenni Mills, Pa., with Ensign G. W. Marson of Cambridge City, Ind., at co-pilot. The two were assigned to transfer the plane to Quonsett Point after it had been based with the Navy's utility squadron here for several months.
With them on the flight with these enlisted men:
T. F. Mueller, chief photographer, San Diego, Calif.; L. C. Luton, radioman, first class, Little Cyprus, Ky.; F. W. Crowe, aviation machinist mate, first class, Boulevard Heights, Md.; L. L. Gurganus, radioman, second class, Parrish, Ala.; W. Broadhurst, aviation machinist mate, third class, Albany, N.Y.; F. McElrath, aviation ordnance man, third class, Newburgh, N.Y.; B. A. Taylor, seaman, second class, Rutledge, Ala.; A. P. Fasano. seaman, second class, Port Washington, L.I.
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The Paducah-Sun (Paducah, Ky.),
Thu, 24 Apr 1941, p18, c2
Memorial Services For Missing Naval Fliers On Friday
Louis C. Luton Of Marshall County One Of Crew To Perish
Memorial services will be held Friday at the Naval Air Station at Norfolk, Va., for the men who perished recently when a naval airship crashed at sea while on a flight.
Louis C. Luton, son of Mrs. Perry G. Luton of near Sharpe, was among the crew members missing.
Mr. Luton, a radioman first class for 16 years, had been in the Navy 21 years. Twelve years ago he was married to (Miss) Louise Hudgens(sic). They have three daughters, Helen Louise, Marlene and Christine Fay. Other survivors of Mr. Luton include a brother, Joe D. Luton, three sisters, Mrs. H. H. Shaffer, of the Sheehan Bridge road; Mrs. Marley G. Seay, of Oakdale; Mrs. Paul N. Powell, Detroit, and three nieces, Mrs. Hafford Huie, Indianapolis; Mrs. Floyd Lynn, Peoria, Ill. and Mrs. Russell Brown.
Mr. Luton attended the David Lipscomb College in Nashville, Tenn. and the Draughon's Business College in Bowling Green.
Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, sent the following message to Mr. Luton's wife:
"The sorrowful news of the death at sea of your husband, radioman Louis Luton, and of the other deaths involved, has been a great shock to us and I know how severe your suffering must be. You have my heartfelt sympathy. With nearly 21 years of service in the Navy, your husband's qualifications made him an extremely valuable member of the organization. I hope that your knowledge of his loyal and patriotic service in our country's defense forces will be a source of some consolation to you. You have the deepest sympathy of the entire personnel of navy aviation."
The Paducah Sun-Democrat (Paducah, Ky.),
Tue, 8 Apr 1941, p1 & 7, c3-4 & 8
Find Wrecked Naval Bomber; Plight Of Crew, Including West Kentuckian, Not Known
L. C. Luton, radioman, first class, who today was reported missing along with nine other men aboard a Navy patrol bomber off Norfolk, Va., is the son of Mrs. P. G. Luton, of Little Cyprus, Ky.
Luton had been in the Navy 21 years, according to J. D. Luton, a brother, of Benton Route 6. He visited his home here last summer. Luton is also the brother of Mrs. H. H. Shaffer, Paducah Route 3, Mrs. Marley G. Seay, Paducah Route 3, and Mrs. Paula N. Powell, Detroit, Mich.
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Norfolk, Va., April 8 (AP) - A wrecked naval bomber was cited off Cape Charles, Va., today by searchers for a big naval patrol craft which has been missing since yesterday with ten men aboard.
Naval authorities here said that it was the missing ship.
Hope that the plane and its men were safe was felt for a time on the basis of reports from Navy and Coast Guard sources in Washington and New York that is ship resembling the missing craft was seen operating safely in New Jersey waters. Later the Atlantic City Coast Guard station identified this plane as one of those searching for the bomber.
The Cape Charles wreckage was cited from a navy plane.
Coast Guard headquarters here said that one of their life boats, equipped with two-way radio, had reached the scene of the wreckage and had reported that no sign of life was visible in the area. The boat was from the Metomkin inlet station.
Messages received from the searchers did not say whether they had seen any survivors of the two officers and eight enlisted men – including one Kentuckian – aboard the bomber when she took off from here for the naval air station at Quonsett Point, R.I.
The searching plane was not able to land. The pilot flashed word that he also sighted a life raft but could not tell if anyone was on it.
The Coast Guard immediately dispatched the cutters Dionne and Rush to the scene.
The Lakehurst (N.J.) naval air station reported that its biggest blimp, the TC14, was about 30 miles from the scene and proceeding there at once.
The patrol plane, a PBY 1, left here at 8:35 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, yesterday for the naval air station at Quonsett Point, R. I., on a transfer flight. It was scheduled to make the trip in four hours.
Routine Report
Ten minutes after taking off, when the plane probably was 30 to 40 miles long, it made a routine flight report. The next word received was a fragmentary "down at sea" - was picked up eight hours later by a radio station here.
Rear Admiral E. G. King, commander of the Atlantic fleet, took charge of the search which covered the whole length of the plane's route. Naval authorities in Washington indicated they were unable to judge, from the site information available, where the plane might have gone down.
Admiral King ordered naval vessels on patrol duty at sea to join in the hunt and airplanes from here, New York and other points soared aloft in the search.
Lighter-then-air craft were ordered out from the Lakehurst, N.J., station.
Crew Listed
The flying boat was piloted by Ensign G. N. Blackburn, navel reservist, Lenni Mills, Pa., with Ensign G. W. Marson of Cambridge City, Ind., at co-pilot. The two were assigned to transfer the plane to Quonsett Point after it had been based with the Navy's utility squadron here for several months.
With them on the flight with these enlisted men:
T. F. Mueller, chief photographer, San Diego, Calif.; L. C. Luton, radioman, first class, Little Cyprus, Ky.; F. W. Crowe, aviation machinist mate, first class, Boulevard Heights, Md.; L. L. Gurganus, radioman, second class, Parrish, Ala.; W. Broadhurst, aviation machinist mate, third class, Albany, N.Y.; F. McElrath, aviation ordnance man, third class, Newburgh, N.Y.; B. A. Taylor, seaman, second class, Rutledge, Ala.; A. P. Fasano. seaman, second class, Port Washington, L.I.
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The Paducah-Sun (Paducah, Ky.),
Thu, 24 Apr 1941, p18, c2
Memorial Services For Missing Naval Fliers On Friday
Louis C. Luton Of Marshall County One Of Crew To Perish
Memorial services will be held Friday at the Naval Air Station at Norfolk, Va., for the men who perished recently when a naval airship crashed at sea while on a flight.
Louis C. Luton, son of Mrs. Perry G. Luton of near Sharpe, was among the crew members missing.
Mr. Luton, a radioman first class for 16 years, had been in the Navy 21 years. Twelve years ago he was married to (Miss) Louise Hudgens(sic). They have three daughters, Helen Louise, Marlene and Christine Fay. Other survivors of Mr. Luton include a brother, Joe D. Luton, three sisters, Mrs. H. H. Shaffer, of the Sheehan Bridge road; Mrs. Marley G. Seay, of Oakdale; Mrs. Paul N. Powell, Detroit, and three nieces, Mrs. Hafford Huie, Indianapolis; Mrs. Floyd Lynn, Peoria, Ill. and Mrs. Russell Brown.
Mr. Luton attended the David Lipscomb College in Nashville, Tenn. and the Draughon's Business College in Bowling Green.
Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, sent the following message to Mr. Luton's wife:
"The sorrowful news of the death at sea of your husband, radioman Louis Luton, and of the other deaths involved, has been a great shock to us and I know how severe your suffering must be. You have my heartfelt sympathy. With nearly 21 years of service in the Navy, your husband's qualifications made him an extremely valuable member of the organization. I hope that your knowledge of his loyal and patriotic service in our country's defense forces will be a source of some consolation to you. You have the deepest sympathy of the entire personnel of navy aviation."
Tue, 8 Apr 1941, p1 & 7, c3-4 & 8
Find Wrecked Naval Bomber; Plight Of Crew, Including West Kentuckian, Not Known
L. C. Luton, radioman, first class, who today was reported missing along with nine other men aboard a Navy patrol bomber off Norfolk, Va., is the son of Mrs. P. G. Luton, of Little Cyprus, Ky.
Luton had been in the Navy 21 years, according to J. D. Luton, a brother, of Benton Route 6. He visited his home here last summer. Luton is also the brother of Mrs. H. H. Shaffer, Paducah Route 3, Mrs. Marley G. Seay, Paducah Route 3, and Mrs. Paula N. Powell, Detroit, Mich.
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Norfolk, Va., April 8 (AP) - A wrecked naval bomber was cited off Cape Charles, Va., today by searchers for a big naval patrol craft which has been missing since yesterday with ten men aboard.
Naval authorities here said that it was the missing ship.
Hope that the plane and its men were safe was felt for a time on the basis of reports from Navy and Coast Guard sources in Washington and New York that is ship resembling the missing craft was seen operating safely in New Jersey waters. Later the Atlantic City Coast Guard station identified this plane as one of those searching for the bomber.
The Cape Charles wreckage was cited from a navy plane.
Coast Guard headquarters here said that one of their life boats, equipped with two-way radio, had reached the scene of the wreckage and had reported that no sign of life was visible in the area. The boat was from the Metomkin inlet station.
Messages received from the searchers did not say whether they had seen any survivors of the two officers and eight enlisted men – including one Kentuckian – aboard the bomber when she took off from here for the naval air station at Quonsett Point, R.I.
The searching plane was not able to land. The pilot flashed word that he also sighted a life raft but could not tell if anyone was on it.
The Coast Guard immediately dispatched the cutters Dionne and Rush to the scene.
The Lakehurst (N.J.) naval air station reported that its biggest blimp, the TC14, was about 30 miles from the scene and proceeding there at once.
The patrol plane, a PBY 1, left here at 8:35 a.m. Eastern Standard Time, yesterday for the naval air station at Quonsett Point, R. I., on a transfer flight. It was scheduled to make the trip in four hours.
Routine Report
Ten minutes after taking off, when the plane probably was 30 to 40 miles long, it made a routine flight report. The next word received was a fragmentary "down at sea" - was picked up eight hours later by a radio station here.
Rear Admiral E. G. King, commander of the Atlantic fleet, took charge of the search which covered the whole length of the plane's route. Naval authorities in Washington indicated they were unable to judge, from the site information available, where the plane might have gone down.
Admiral King ordered naval vessels on patrol duty at sea to join in the hunt and airplanes from here, New York and other points soared aloft in the search.
Lighter-then-air craft were ordered out from the Lakehurst, N.J., station.
Crew Listed
The flying boat was piloted by Ensign G. N. Blackburn, navel reservist, Lenni Mills, Pa., with Ensign G. W. Marson of Cambridge City, Ind., at co-pilot. The two were assigned to transfer the plane to Quonsett Point after it had been based with the Navy's utility squadron here for several months.
With them on the flight with these enlisted men:
T. F. Mueller, chief photographer, San Diego, Calif.; L. C. Luton, radioman, first class, Little Cyprus, Ky.; F. W. Crowe, aviation machinist mate, first class, Boulevard Heights, Md.; L. L. Gurganus, radioman, second class, Parrish, Ala.; W. Broadhurst, aviation machinist mate, third class, Albany, N.Y.; F. McElrath, aviation ordnance man, third class, Newburgh, N.Y.; B. A. Taylor, seaman, second class, Rutledge, Ala.; A. P. Fasano. seaman, second class, Port Washington, L.I.
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The Paducah-Sun (Paducah, Ky.),
Thu, 24 Apr 1941, p18, c2
Memorial Services For Missing Naval Fliers On Friday
Louis C. Luton Of Marshall County One Of Crew To Perish
Memorial services will be held Friday at the Naval Air Station at Norfolk, Va., for the men who perished recently when a naval airship crashed at sea while on a flight.
Louis C. Luton, son of Mrs. Perry G. Luton of near Sharpe, was among the crew members missing.
Mr. Luton, a radioman first class for 16 years, had been in the Navy 21 years. Twelve years ago he was married to (Miss) Louise Hudgens(sic). They have three daughters, Helen Louise, Marlene and Christine Fay. Other survivors of Mr. Luton include a brother, Joe D. Luton, three sisters, Mrs. H. H. Shaffer, of the Sheehan Bridge road; Mrs. Marley G. Seay, of Oakdale; Mrs. Paul N. Powell, Detroit, and three nieces, Mrs. Hafford Huie, Indianapolis; Mrs. Floyd Lynn, Peoria, Ill. and Mrs. Russell Brown.
Mr. Luton attended the David Lipscomb College in Nashville, Tenn. and the Draughon's Business College in Bowling Green.
Admiral John H. Towers, chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, sent the following message to Mr. Luton's wife:
"The sorrowful news of the death at sea of your husband, radioman Louis Luton, and of the other deaths involved, has been a great shock to us and I know how severe your suffering must be. You have my heartfelt sympathy. With nearly 21 years of service in the Navy, your husband's qualifications made him an extremely valuable member of the organization. I hope that your knowledge of his loyal and patriotic service in our country's defense forces will be a source of some consolation to you. You have the deepest sympathy of the entire personnel of navy aviation."
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