Morris W. Titterington
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Morris W. Titterington (July 20, 1891 – July 11, 1928) was a pioneering aviator, and engineer.
He was born in Paris, Texas to George Titterington. In 1914 he graduated from the Curtiss Flying School. In 1918 he was working for the Sperry Corporation and was living in Brooklyn.[1] While working at the Pioneer Instrument Company, he designed the Earth Inductor Compass in 1924. In 1928 he took off in a Travel Air, headed across the Pennsylvania mountains and crashed to his death during bad weather after being struck by lightning.
[edit] Lucretia Perry Andrews
Lucretia Perry Gamble (1905-1923) died with him as his passenger. She was the beneficiary of his insurance policy, and she was the daughter of George A. Gamble of Pottsville, Pennsylvania. She was previously married to Fred Andrews and had a son: Fred Andrews, Jr. She had worked in Hollywood as Patricia Berry.
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- New York Times; July 12, 1928. Titterington dies as plane crashes; Inventor of Instruments to Make Flying Safe Hits Mountain Snyder, Pennsylvania. Woman with him killed. She Was Named Beneficiary of Insurance Policies Found on Maker of Inductor Compass. Inventor Thrown From Plane. Titterington dies as plane crashes. Woman was Learning to Fly. Hesitated to Start Flight. Worked to Make Flying Safe. Snyder, Pennsylvania, July 11, 1928. Morris M. Titterington of Brooklyn, one of the best known makers of aeronautical instruments in the country and an inventor of various aviation apparatus, was killed this afternoon ...
- New York Times; July 13, 1928. Titterington plane was hit by lightning; Witnesses Saw Machine Smoking Before It Fell With Inventor and Actress.
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