U.S. OBSERVER IN BRITAIN KILLED IN PLANE ACCIDENT
WASHINGTON, June 24, 1941
The death of Lieutenant Follett Bradley, Jr., 24 years of age, of the United States Air Corps, on Sunday in an airplane accident near Catterick, Yorkshire, England, was announced by the War Department today.
Lieutenant Bradley, who was among the junior officer observers sent to Britain last April, is the son of Brigadier General Follett Bradley, who is on duty at Borinquen Field, Puerto Rico.
No details of the accident that caused the young officer’s death were made public.
BRADLEY, FOLLETT JR
First Lieutenant, United States Army
- DATE OF DEATH: 06/22/1941
- BURIED AT: SECTION 1 SITE 167-A
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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