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Capt. R. Losey wasOf U. S. VictimGerman Bombs andbeliithe(Continued rrom Pagr on**i V[^ Losey was the lirsl American ?om official to fall a victim in the hOSJ European war.Prior to his overseas assignment. Losey was with the office Kc of the chief of air corps, Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold. In that capacity he was one of the chief ad- ! visers regarding meteorology. tAfter the war in ? inland ended, Captain Losey was dclaiied as air As attaclie and assistant military at- f)^0( tachc to Norwy nd Sweden, with ^ ^ hedquarters at Stockholm. Since ^1C1 the German invasion of Norway ^he has been very active in ob- Q servations of aerial combat in that sector. ernLosey, who held a rating of a me]pilot, was graduated from the army's primary and advanced c;iTTtiainintr schools at Brooks and ‘Kelly Field, Tex. Later he took a master of science degree in aero-engineering at the California In- .stitute of Technology. He was married. L,iLosey was appointed to the U. S, military academy at West Point in 1925 and four years later he was commissioned a second lieutenant in- the field artillery. A year after graduation, in 1930, he transferred to the air corps.theza1in;knth.ticst;Andrew, la.. April 22.—(UP)-— Capt. Robert M. Losey, United s-v States air attache killed in Nor-\vy, was believed to have been ar the son of the Rev. Leon A. Losey co who was pastor of the Andrew Presbyterian church for five co months in 1908. lt;s*iccHollywood, April 22.—(UP)— pi gilt's a war and I guess you can in ^expect ?,ny thing,” Mrs. Kay Banta ^■” said today when she was h* ... . that her husband had fb killed by German bombs in Fi Then she collapsed,whoa* husband fr Robert M. Losey was re- in killed by » bomb splinter, Cl ,’tmm Jbinf at the home of ;Dr. and Mrs. WBUam Web. 1. i«f Looey's
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Oelwein Daily Register
Oelwein, Iowa, US
Mon, Apr 22, 1940
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