Second Lieutenant H. E. Bogen, USMCR, was designated Naval Aviator #4867 in 1936. Entered active service via the pre-war Aviation Cadet (AVCAD) program. One of the first four Marine Corps aviators designated via the AVCAD program. Was released from active duty in 1939.
Employed as a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft Co., Harry Bogen (along with three others) was killed when the prototype U.S. Navy XR3D-1 (BuNo 0901, DC-5 #606) transport crashed on take-off from Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport).
Left a widow, the former Miss Natalie Mitchell Webster and two step-children, Natalie and Jack Bernet. Also survived by his parents, Harry Walter and Margarite "Daisy" (Emerson) Bogen.
Employed as a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft Co., Harry Bogen (along with three others) was killed when the prototype U.S. Navy XR3D-1 (BuNo 0901, DC-5 #606) transport crashed on take-off from Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport).
Left a widow, the former Miss Natalie Mitchell Webster and two step-children, Natalie and Jack Bernet. Also survived by his parents, Harry Walter and Margarite "Daisy" (Emerson) Bogen.
Second Lieutenant H. E. Bogen, USMCR, was designated Naval Aviator #4867 in 1936. Entered active service via the pre-war Aviation Cadet (AVCAD) program. One of the first four Marine Corps aviators designated via the AVCAD program. Was released from active duty in 1939.
Employed as a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft Co., Harry Bogen (along with three others) was killed when the prototype U.S. Navy XR3D-1 (BuNo 0901, DC-5 #606) transport crashed on take-off from Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport).
Left a widow, the former Miss Natalie Mitchell Webster and two step-children, Natalie and Jack Bernet. Also survived by his parents, Harry Walter and Margarite "Daisy" (Emerson) Bogen.
Employed as a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft Co., Harry Bogen (along with three others) was killed when the prototype U.S. Navy XR3D-1 (BuNo 0901, DC-5 #606) transport crashed on take-off from Mines Field (Los Angeles International Airport).
Left a widow, the former Miss Natalie Mitchell Webster and two step-children, Natalie and Jack Bernet. Also survived by his parents, Harry Walter and Margarite "Daisy" (Emerson) Bogen.
Gravesite Details
Interment on June 4, 1940
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