LT Frank Hartford “Harty” Kolb Jr.

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LT Frank Hartford “Harty” Kolb Jr. Veteran

Birth
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Death
5 Jul 1943 (aged 25)
Jacksonville, Duval County, Florida, USA
Burial
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.9541986, Longitude: -87.6548761
Plot
Bellevue Section, Lot 435, Space 3
Memorial ID
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From the Arizona Republic Newspaper

Two Navy Fliers Killed In Crash JACKSONVILLE. Fla., July 12 (AP) Two naval airmen are known dead and a third missing as a result of a crash near here during a training flight July 5, the naval air station public relations office announced today. Wreckage of the plane was discovered Saturday and two bodies were identified as those of Lt. Frank H. Kolb, 25 years old, United States Navy, of Chicago, and Harvey Lyman Wiley, 19, aviation machinist third class, United States Naval Reserve, of Fairview. Mass.

From the Chicago Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1943

Lt. F. Hartford Kolb Jr., Navy Air Corps, airplane crash. July 5, beloved son of F. Hartford and Edith A., grandson of Alice M. Bolter and F. J. L. Kolb Funeral Tuesday, July 13, St. Clement's church at 10 a.m. No flowers by request.
From the Arizona Republic Newspaper

Two Navy Fliers Killed In Crash JACKSONVILLE. Fla., July 12 (AP) Two naval airmen are known dead and a third missing as a result of a crash near here during a training flight July 5, the naval air station public relations office announced today. Wreckage of the plane was discovered Saturday and two bodies were identified as those of Lt. Frank H. Kolb, 25 years old, United States Navy, of Chicago, and Harvey Lyman Wiley, 19, aviation machinist third class, United States Naval Reserve, of Fairview. Mass.

From the Chicago Tribune Newspaper, July 12, 1943

Lt. F. Hartford Kolb Jr., Navy Air Corps, airplane crash. July 5, beloved son of F. Hartford and Edith A., grandson of Alice M. Bolter and F. J. L. Kolb Funeral Tuesday, July 13, St. Clement's church at 10 a.m. No flowers by request.


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