Whiting, Kenneth, CAPT

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Captain

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1943-1943, Naval Air Station (NAS) New York, NY

Service Years
1905 - 1943

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Massachusetts

Year of Birth
1881

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Contact Info

Last Address Bethesda, MD
Date of Passing Apr 24, 1943
Wall/Plot Coordinates Ashes scattered off Execution Rocks

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Military Associations and Other Affiliations


	1943, In the Line of Duty

Additional Information

Last Known Activity:

Body buried at sea
Specifically: According to his wishes, in the deepest part of Long Island Sound.

His brother - Whiting, Frances Eliot Maynar, VADM

Other Comments:

The last Naval aviator to be trained by Orville Wright. Designated Naval Aviator # 16

Died on Active Duty

1922-1924, USS Langley (CV-1)

From Month/Year - / 1922	To Month/Year - / 1924
Unit USS Langley (CV-1) Unit Page
Rank Commander	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	USS Langley (CV-1) Details
	Hull number CV-1
	Type Surface Vessel
	Parent Unit Langley-class	Strength Aircraft Carrier
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Apr 30, 2009

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8 Members Also There at Same Time

USS Langley (CV-1)

Chevalier, Godfrey DeCourcelles, LCDR, (1910-1922)			Lieutenant Commander
Browning, Miles, RADM, (1917-1947)			Lieutenant
Fechteler, Frank, LT, (1917-1922)			Lieutenant
Wilson, George Barry, RADM, (1914-1946)			Lieutenant
Wooster, Stanton Hall, LT, (1917-1927)			Lieutenant
Pride, Alfred Melville, ADM, (1917-1959)	OFF		Lieutenant
Stump, Felix Budwell, ADM, (1917-1958)	OFF	132X	Lieutenant
Haviland, Willis Bradley, CDR, (1907-1944)			Lieutenant