OFFICER DIES IN BURNING WRECKAGE AFTER DALL
Glendale, California, October 26, 1924 – A Naval officer, identified as Commander Grattan C. Dichman of the Air Service at San Diego, was burned to death here late today when flames destroyed his plane after it struck a small building. The Assistant Pilot, Chief Machinist Mate Frosio, escaped with slight injuries.
The plane was taking off from Dan Diego. When not more than 25 feet from the ground it struck a small oil pump house and plunged to the ground. Both the plane and the pump house burst into flames and the aviator, caught beneath the wreckage, was burned to death.
NOTE # 1: Commander Dichman was Naval Aviator #30.
NOTE #2: The Commander’s wife outlived him by more than forty years, died in 1965 and is buried with him.
DICHMAN, GRATTAN C
COMMANDER USNAVY
- DATE OF DEATH: 10/16/1924
- BURIED AT: SECTION 2 SITE LOT 3683
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
DICHMAN, LOUISE BRAXTON WID OF DICHMAN, GRATTAN C
- DATE OF BIRTH: 12/08/1889
- DATE OF DEATH: 02/18/1965
- BURIED AT: SECTION 2 SITE 3683 ES
- ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
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