Chevalier, Godfrey DeCourcelles, LCDR

Deceased

Service Photo

Service Details

Last Rank
Lieutenant Commander

Last Primary NEC
131X-Unrestricted Line Officer - Pilot

Last Rating/NEC Group
Line Officer

Primary Unit
1922-1922, USS Langley (CV-1)

Service Years
1910 - 1922

Last Photo

Personal Details

Home State

Rhode Island

Year of Birth
1889

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Contact Info

Home Town Not Specified	Last Address Norfolk, VA

Date of Passing Nov 14, 1922
Location of Interment Not Specified	Wall/Plot Coordinates Not Specified

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	2014, In the Line of Duty [Verified]

Additional Information

Last Known Activity
Not Specified

Other Comments:

LCDR Chevalier was Naval Aviator #7

LCDR Chevalier was the first US Naval Aviator to land a plane on an Aircraft Carrier - October 26, 1922

Writing about a flight with Ensign Godfrey DeC. Chevalier, Arthur Ruhl of the New York Tribune wrote, ?he turns an aeroplane into a sentient being as blithe and carefree as himself?We have been to another world and back [and] he still seems a little apart and resplendent, touched with the radiance of that thin, upper ether.

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NAS Pensacola

1922-1922, USS Langley (CV-1)

From Month/Year - / 1922	To Month/Year - / 1922
Unit USS Langley (CV-1) Unit Page
Rank Lieutenant Commander	NEC Not Specified
Location Not Specified	Country/State Not Specified

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

Last Updated: May 7, 2009

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