Military aviator Morey H. Downs beside and airplane, 1926

Description: Photograph of Lieutenant Morey H. Downs in uniform standing beside an airplane.
Photograp appears with the article, "Downs, Navy Flyer, Dies," Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 1936:9.
Born in Troy, N. Y., Lieut. Morey H. Downs was a pioneer United States Navy aviator who retired from a career in the Navy in 1923. He died from a heart attack in his Hollywood home and was survived by his widow Mrs. Eva M. and a son named Johnny.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: LT. MOREY. H. DOWNS
Text from negative sleeve: 3518 - Lt. Morey Ho Downs pioneer US Navy aviator lived in Hollywood (Aviator-Duo) 2/2/36 [stamped:] Feb 4 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Lieut. Morey H. Downs, pioneer navy aviator, who died yesterday.
Photograph caption: Jan-2-26. 8707

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
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