Richard C. Saufley
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United States Navy
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Saufley was born on 1 September 1884 at Stanford, Ky.
Stanford, Kentucky
Stanford is a city in Lincoln County, Kentucky, United States. It is one of the oldest settlements in Kentucky, having been founded in 1775. Its population was 3,430 at the 2000 census...
, he graduated from the United States Naval Academy
United States Naval Academy
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in June 1908 and was commissioned as an Ensign
Ensign (rank)
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in June 1910. Service in Kansas
USS Kansas (BB-21)
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(BB-21), Biddle (TB-26), and Terry
USS Terry (DD-25)
USS Terry was a modified in the United States Navy during World War I, and later in the United States Coast Guard, designated CG-19. She was the first ship named for Edward Terry....
(DD-25) preceded his return to the Naval Academy for training in aviation in 1913. On 6 June of that year, he was promoted to Lieutenant (j.g.) and designated Naval Aviator No. 14. During the Mexican campaign of 1914, he was attached to Mississippi
USS Mississippi (BB-23)
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(BB-23) and North Carolina
USS North Carolina (ACR-12)
USS North Carolina was a Tennessee-class armored cruiser of the United States Navy and the second Navy ship so named. She was also known as "Armored Cruiser No...
(ACR-12). In 1915 and 1916, his assignments were concerned with the technological development of naval aviation. Concentrating on hydro-airplane development, he set altitude and endurance records and was attempting to better his own record when he died in a plane crash over Santa Rosa Island
Santa Rosa Island
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on a flight out of NAS Pensacola, Florida on 9 June 1916. His Curtiss Model E
Curtiss Model E
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hydroplane, AH-8, went down at the 8 hr., 51 min. mark of the flight.
NAS Pensacola
Naval Air Station Pensacola
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's Saufley Field
Saufley Field
Saufley Field is a military airport located five nautical miles west of the central business district of Pensacola, in Escambia County, Florida, United States. It is an active U.S...
, and the destroyer
Destroyer
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USS Saufley
USS Saufley (DD-465)
USS Saufley , a Fletcher-class destroyer, was a ship of the United States Navy named for Lieutenant Richard Saufley....
(DD-465) were named in his honor.
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See also
- List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (pre-1925)