Buckley Air National Guard Base, CO, named in his honor.
First Lt. Harold Buckley of Longmont, an ace in the air service of the American forces, was killed recently in an air collision between two planes in France. The aerial collision in which Lieutenant Buckley was killed was witnessed from the ground by Lieutenant Smith, who states that the pilots of both machines were killed instantly as the result of falling 2,000 feet. An air raid over the German lines had been ordered and a large squadron of machines was sent up, including that operated by Lieutenant Buckley. While the aviators were maneuvering into position Lieutenant Buckley's machine collided with another airplane and both plunged to earth out of control. Lieutenant Smith was among the first to reach the fallen machines and rescued the body of his chum and brother officer. Lieutenant Buckley was an intimate friend of Lieutenant Quenti Roosevelt, the American aviator who was killed in action during August. Lieutenant Buckley in his letters to his parents here frequently spoke of Lieutenant Roosevelt, praising his character and his work in the air. Lieutenant Buckley graduated from the Longmont High School and was a senior at the University of Colorado when the United States entered the war.
--The Montrose Press (Montrose, CO) Nov. 1, 1918
Contributor: Tammy (Time Traveler) (47004136) •
First Lt. Harold Buckley of Longmont, an ace in the air service of the American forces, was killed recently in an air collision between two planes in France. The aerial collision in which Lieutenant Buckley was killed was witnessed from the ground by Lieutenant Smith, who states that the pilots of both machines were killed instantly as the result of falling 2,000 feet. An air raid over the German lines had been ordered and a large squadron of machines was sent up, including that operated by Lieutenant Buckley. While the aviators were maneuvering into position Lieutenant Buckley's machine collided with another airplane and both plunged to earth out of control. Lieutenant Smith was among the first to reach the fallen machines and rescued the body of his chum and brother officer. Lieutenant Buckley was an intimate friend of Lieutenant Quenti Roosevelt, the American aviator who was killed in action during August. Lieutenant Buckley in his letters to his parents here frequently spoke of Lieutenant Roosevelt, praising his character and his work in the air. Lieutenant Buckley graduated from the Longmont High School and was a senior at the University of Colorado when the United States entered the war.
--The Montrose Press (Montrose, CO) Nov. 1, 1918
Contributor: Tammy (Time Traveler) (47004136) •
Buckley Air National Guard Base, CO, named in his honor.
First Lt. Harold Buckley of Longmont, an ace in the air service of the American forces, was killed recently in an air collision between two planes in France. The aerial collision in which Lieutenant Buckley was killed was witnessed from the ground by Lieutenant Smith, who states that the pilots of both machines were killed instantly as the result of falling 2,000 feet. An air raid over the German lines had been ordered and a large squadron of machines was sent up, including that operated by Lieutenant Buckley. While the aviators were maneuvering into position Lieutenant Buckley's machine collided with another airplane and both plunged to earth out of control. Lieutenant Smith was among the first to reach the fallen machines and rescued the body of his chum and brother officer. Lieutenant Buckley was an intimate friend of Lieutenant Quenti Roosevelt, the American aviator who was killed in action during August. Lieutenant Buckley in his letters to his parents here frequently spoke of Lieutenant Roosevelt, praising his character and his work in the air. Lieutenant Buckley graduated from the Longmont High School and was a senior at the University of Colorado when the United States entered the war.
--The Montrose Press (Montrose, CO) Nov. 1, 1918
Contributor: Tammy (Time Traveler) (47004136) •
First Lt. Harold Buckley of Longmont, an ace in the air service of the American forces, was killed recently in an air collision between two planes in France. The aerial collision in which Lieutenant Buckley was killed was witnessed from the ground by Lieutenant Smith, who states that the pilots of both machines were killed instantly as the result of falling 2,000 feet. An air raid over the German lines had been ordered and a large squadron of machines was sent up, including that operated by Lieutenant Buckley. While the aviators were maneuvering into position Lieutenant Buckley's machine collided with another airplane and both plunged to earth out of control. Lieutenant Smith was among the first to reach the fallen machines and rescued the body of his chum and brother officer. Lieutenant Buckley was an intimate friend of Lieutenant Quenti Roosevelt, the American aviator who was killed in action during August. Lieutenant Buckley in his letters to his parents here frequently spoke of Lieutenant Roosevelt, praising his character and his work in the air. Lieutenant Buckley graduated from the Longmont High School and was a senior at the University of Colorado when the United States entered the war.
--The Montrose Press (Montrose, CO) Nov. 1, 1918
Contributor: Tammy (Time Traveler) (47004136) •
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