US Navy Bailout August 26, 1930

[paulmcmillan]

The next one from 1930 concerns Lieut. William Onahan Gallery who bailed out of a US navy aircraft at Pensacola, Fla. on August 26, 1930

I have a tentative ID on this as Curtiss F6C-3 A-7154 but would like confirmation if possible

Lieut. William Onahan Gallery was later Rear Admiral William Onahan Gallery (22 June 1904 – 15 November 1981

"In 1930, Gallery reported for flight training in Pensacola, Florida. After nine months of training, he was awarded his wings as a naval aviator and assigned to Patrol Squadron 6 until 1933"

I have a report on the incident

PENSACOLA. Fla., Aug. 26 (1930). (UP) Lieutenant W. O. Gallery (sic), of Chicago, student flier at the naval station here, joined the Caterpillar Club today by leaping with a parachute from his pursuit plane 3,000 feet over the Corry field. He landed safely. The plane went into a spin and was wrecked in a woods near the field.

Plane listed as a Hawk and accident at 10:30am and cause was tail spin .

on the same day was another major incident at Pensacola


Aug. 26. Lieutenant W. C. Lemly, marine corps aviation instructor, and Lieutenant B C McCaffree, naval student pilot, were hurt when their airplane feel at Corry field here today. The plane stalled about 200 feet in the air and crashed into a woods near the field. Lemly suffered a broken jaw and possible internal injuries. McCaffree was only slightly hurt. Both are in the Naval hospital here - THis was an N-Y Plane Type

Also on the same day at Pensacola, it appears two N-Y were on the ground with motors running and one rolled into another

Thanks

Paul

[twocee]

The type and serial number you quote are correct. It seems that Gallery got himself into a spin and was forced to bail out.

Lemly was flying NY-1, A8393. The report states that the aircraft fell into some "black-jacks"---apparently a type of small oak tree, not a small liquorice flavoured chewy sweet!

The ground collision between the two NYs was the next day, the 27th. Nobody was injured.