Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-11-25
Crack Navy Flyer Is Buried
Beneath Engine, 10 Feet
in Earth, at Boiling.
PART OF BRITISH CRAFT
BREAKS OFF WHILE IN AIR
Aviator's Skill and Daring Won
Him Many Honors as Pilot
in Speed Trophy Races.

Screeching nearly two miles out OF
the sky in a little English fighting
plane which apparently was out OF con-
troll after the first quarter-mile OF the
dive, Lieut.. George T. Cuddihy, crack
Navy speed and test pilot, was buried
alive when the little ships engine and
most of its fuselage buried themselves
in the soft, wet ground of Boiling Field
shortly before 10 o'clock this morning.
Those who saw Lieut. Cuddihy's dive
say the plane came out Of the clouds
apparently about 10000 feet high, dived
approximately 1000 feet, then went into
O whirling spiral as part of the plane
few off. Navy officials have not yet
determined what part broke from the
machine.
AS Lieut.. Cuddihy's ship came closer
TO the ground it fell with ever increas-
ing speed in larger spials.
Water Hampers Rescue Work.
The ship, hit in low part Of the
field made very soft by the recent
snow, and the engine, with Lieut..
Cuddihyis body crushed beneath 1t, sank
about 10 feet in the soft earth. Water
from the Soggy field filled the hole
made by the plane almost Immediately
and hampsred the work of a crew OF
mass of wreckage out of the hole.
Lieut. Cuddihy was deliberately div
ing the Bristol Bulldog, in his first
fight in the ship. The dive was TO
have been part of the usual tests to
which combat planes are put before
they go into general use by the Navy.
Naval records show that Lieut.. Cud-
dihy's next of kin is his mother, whose
address is given as Mrs. Anna x. Cud-
dihy, Rural Route No. 5, Grand Rapids,
Mich. Lieut.. Cuddihy's home In WASH
ington was at S10l Thirty-fitth street.
Sister Is Frustrated.
Mrs. Charles OBrien, sister of the
aviator, received news of the death of
her brother while on duty at the Vet
erans' RMRRRg1 where she is secretary
to DR.. j. Barry of the Medical SeEv-.
ice. She was Frustrated by the snock
and taken to her home, 1928 Veazey
street.
Another sister, Mrs. Harry O'Brien, Is
o twin Of the Inflated lieutenant and
formerly was employed at the Vetcrans'
Bureau, but resigned some time ago.
She resides at 1921 Porter street. The
two sisters married O'Brien brothers.
Was on U. S. S. Mississippi.
Lieut.. Cuddihy was born at Alto,
Mich, on February az. 1896, and was
graduated from the Naval Academy
June 20, 1917, having entered in 1914.
He was graduated ahead of the usual
four-year course, due to the need Tor
naval officers during the World War.
Following his graduation, Lieut.. Cuo-
dihy saw service during the war and
Following the armistice aboard the
u. S. S. Mississippi, where he became
known as a naval officer OF outstanding
ability.
From the U. S. S. Mississippi he
went to the Naval Air Station at Pen
sacola, Fla, for aviation training. He
quickly gained proficiency as flyer
and embarked upon career in aero
nautics that marked him as one OF the
crack pilots in the naval service.
He was designated officially naval
aviator in Dece mber 1921, and went to
the aircraft squadron Of the battle
feet for duty in January, 1922. He
served aboard the U. S. S. Aroostook
He assisted in the organizing OF Fight
ing Plane Squadron l, the first fighting
plane squadron in the American Navy
In June, 1924, Lieut.. Cuddihy left
the WeCJ NOdSG SQudIlIOIlo dLlO OdkuC ~
the Naval Air Station at AnacoStta for
duty. In October of that year he was
a member of the team of Navy pilots
taking part In the Bay Shore air meet
at Bay Shore, Md.
At this time Lieut. CuddIhy estab-
lished a world speed record for sea.
planes in a Navy CR-3 seaplane. He
won the high score in aviation gunnery
for the years 1922-24.
Won Air Race Trophy.
In October of 1925 Lieut.. Cuddihy
piloted the Navy R3C-l seaplane in
the Schneider Cup Races held near
Baltimore, Md, and in September, 1925
he participated in the Philadelphia Ma
tional Air Races, flying FB-3 fighting
plane In a race for fighting planes o.
the military service and won in field
Of 13.
The airman was Navy entry in the
Schneider Cup Race at Hampton Roads
va, in November, 1926.
Another achievement for American
aviation was attained when Lieut.. Cud
dihy in January, 1927, made an cx'
tended fight over the Andes Mountains
dying thousands of miles over hazard
Gus territory.
Last July Lieut.. Cuddihy was as
signed to duty at the Naval Air Station
here, being brought from his post witt
fighting plane squadron 3-B OF tn
carrier U. S. S. Lexington. He wa
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