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they came out of the factory. On June 27, 1918, while taking off with a new DH on its first flight, he crashed, sustained fatal injuries and lived only a few minutes, dying in the ambulance on the way to the Hospital. He was buried at Flushing, Long Island, N.Y. He had been married only four weeks before the accident. 

A small, slightly built fellow, with a quiet soft-spoken, pleasing personality, and an over-cheerful disposition, he was loved and respected by all who had the good fortune to know him. An active, skillful pilot who loved to fly, he gave his life to the cause in World War I. 

His name appears on the Wright Memorial Plaque, along with the many other pioneer airmen who learned to fly on Wright machines. 

[[stamp]] FROM THE FLYING PIONEERS BIOGRAPHIES OF HAROLD E. MOREHOUSE [[/stamp]]

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