Hugo Schmidt Lieutenant Commander, United States Navy |
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27, 1928: Commander T.C. Ellyson, the first Naval Aviator, and Lieutenant
Commander Hugo Schmidt and Lieutenant Rogers Ransehounsen, crashed to their
deaths in a Loening amphibian in Chesapeake Bay while on a night flight
from Norfolk toAnnapolis.
Commander Schmidt was buried in Section 6 of
Arlington National Cemetery.
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