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

1939-1940, 3rd Naval District

From Month/Year - / 1939	To Month/Year - / 1940
Unit 3rd Naval District Unit Page
Rank Captain	NEC Not Specified
Base, Station or City Not Specified	State/Country Not Specified

Patch	3rd Naval District Details

	Type Combat - Sea
	Parent Unit Naval District	Strength District
	Created/Owned By Not Specified

Last Updated: Apr 30, 2009

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9 Members Also There at Same Time

3rd Naval District

Berrien, Frank, RADM, (1900-1941)			Rear Admiral Upper Half
Van Valkenburgh, Franklin, CAPT, (1905-1941)			Captain
Lackey, Henry Ellis, RADM, (1895-1940)	OFF	9421	Rear Admiral Upper Half
Kirtland, Frederick Durrel, VADM, (1916-1953)	OFF		Commander
Sarsfield, Eugene Sylvester, LCDR, (1922-1943)	OFF		Lieutenant
Dial, Nathaniel Minter, LT, (1932-1945)	OFF		Lieutenant Junior Grade
Woodward, Clark Howell, VADM, (1898-1948)			Rear Admiral Upper Half
Hughes, James Joseph, CDR, (1918-1945)			Lieutenant Commander
White, Albert Francis, RADM, (1929-1958)			Lieutenant