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Morris M. Titterington
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Born
| Morris Maxey Titterington
(
1891-07-20
)
July 20, 1891
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Died
| July 11, 1928
(1928-07-11)
(aged 36)
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Cause of death
| Plane crash
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Education
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Occupation(s)
| Aviator, engineer
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Morris Maxey Titterington
(July 20, 1891 ? July 11, 1928) was a pioneering aviator, and engineer.
Biography
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Titterington was born in
Paris, Texas
, the son of George Titterington.
Titterington graduated from
Bliss Electrical School
in 1913. In 1914 he graduated from the
Curtiss Flying School
. In 1918 he was working for the
Sperry Gyroscope Corporation
and was living in
Brooklyn
.
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He was included in the 1925 edition of Who's Who in American Aviation.
Titterington and
Brice Herbert Goldsborough
founded the
Pioneer Instrument Company
in 1919. Titterington designed the
Earth inductor compass
in 1924.
In 1928 he took off in a
Travel Air
, headed across the
Pennsylvania
mountains and crashed to his death during bad weather after being struck by lightning.
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Bernice Gamble Andrews
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Bernice Gamble Andrews (1905-1928) died with him as his passenger.
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She was the beneficiary of his insurance policy, and she was the daughter of George A. Gamble of
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
. She was previously married to Fred Andrews and had a son: Fred Andrews, Jr. She had worked in
Hollywood
as Patricia Perry.
References
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Titterington's World War I draft registration
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"Titterington dies as plane crashes. Inventor of instruments to make flying safe hits mountain"
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New York Times
. July 12, 1928
. Retrieved
September 25,
2007
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Woman with him killed. She was named beneficiary of insurance policies found on maker of inductor compass. Inventor thrown from plane. Titterington dies as plane crashes. Woman was learning to fly. Hesitated to start flight. Worked to make flying safe.
Snyders, Pennsylvania
, July 11, 1928. Morris M. Titterington of
Brooklyn
, one of the best known makers of aeronautical instruments in the country and an inventor of various aviation apparatus, was killed this afternoon ...
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"Died"
.
Time
. July 23, 1928. Archived from
the original
on September 30, 2007
. Retrieved
September 25,
2007
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Morris M. Titterington, 35, and lady friend, in a plane crash at
Pottsville, Pennsylvania
. He founded the Pioneer Instrument Co., invented the
earth inductor compass
, said to have made long airplane flights possible.
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The Evening Independent - Jul 11, 1928; Lightning Strikes Plane, Killing Two
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