Margaret Bartholomew (October 8, 1903 – October 18, 1943) was the first, and only female, Civil Air Patrol member to die in service during World War II.[1]
Margaret Bartholomew | |
|---|---|
 LT Margaret Bartholomew | |
| Born | October 8, 1903 |
| Died | October 18, 1943 (aged 40) Indiana, Pennsylvania |
| Buried | Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/ | Civil Air Patrol |
| Rank |  Lieutenant Civil Air Patrol |
Biography edit
Lieuteant Margaret Bartholomew was the 154th charter member of the Ohio Wing of Civil Air Patrol, as well as being the Flight Leader of Flight C from Squadron 5111-1. Squadron 5111-1 was the original Cincinnati Squadron, and was based at Lunken Airport. Flight C was an all-female flight, and was composed of 50 pilots.
Bartholomew was returning to Cincinnati on October 18, 1943, from a courier mission out of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, when a sudden snowstorm plunged visibility to zero. She flew lower as she tried to find a safe place to land, but visibility was so poor that she crashed into a hill 55 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, approximately in Indiana, Pennsylvania.[2]
Burial edit
Bartholomew is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio in Section 124, Lot 170.[3]
References edit
- ^ National Museum of the Civil Air Patrol
- ^ Dunkman, Elizabeth. Lone CAP WWII Female Casualty Remembered Archived January 6, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. Our Congressional Gold Meadal Journey, accessed January 5, 2017
- ^ "Spring Grove Cemetery Burial Record" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on January 7, 2017. Retrieved January 31, 2014.