HARRY R. FLORY, JR., LTJG, USN
Harry Flory, Jr. '50
Lucky Bag
From the 1950 Lucky Bag:
Loss
From The Salt Lake Tribune on September 8, 1952:
SAN RAFAEL, CAL., Sept 7 (UPI)—Navy Lt. (J.G.) Harry R. Flory Jr., 26, was killed when his FG-LD Corsair-type fighter plane crashed in an open field on the Clarence Rogers ranch eight miles north of there at approximately 4 p.m. (MST) Saturday.
The crash occurred on September 6, 1952.
From the Ventura County Star-Free Press on September 8, 1952:
Flory, son of Harry R. Flory, United Press communications manager, was on a routine training flight.
He was stationed with squadron VF94 at the Alameda naval air station and had been transferred from Corpus Christi, Tex., a few weeks ago.…
Young Flory, a graduate of Phillips Exeter academy, the collegiate school in New York, and the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, is survived by his parents, a sister Marjorie Ann Flory, 22, and a brother, Stewart Gilman Flory, 10.
Harry is buried in Iowa.
Class of 1950
Harry is one of 37 members of the Class of 1950 on Virtual Memorial Hall.