Margaret Bartholomew
Margaret Bartholomew (October 8, 1903 – October 18, 1943) was the first, and only female, Civil Air Patrol member to die in service during World War II.
Margaret Bartholomew | |
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 LT Margaret Bartholomew | |
| Born | October 8, 1903 |
| Died | October 18, 1943 (aged 40) Indiana, Pennsylvania |
| Buried | Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH |
| Allegiance |  United States of America |
| Service/ | Civil Air Patrol |
| Rank |  Lieutenant Civil Air Patrol |
Biography
Lieuteant Margaret Bartholomew was the 154th charter member of the Ohio Wing of Civil Air Patrol, as well as being the Flight Leader of Flight C from Squadron 5111-1. Squadron 5111-1 was the original Cincinnati Squadron, and was based at Lunken Airport. Flight C was an all-female flight, and was composed of 50 pilots.
Bartholomew was returning to Cincinnati on October 18, 1943, from a courier mission out of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, when a sudden snowstorm plunged visibility to zero. She flew lower as she tried to find a safe place to land, but visibility was so poor that she crashed into a hill 55 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, approximately in Indiana, Pennsylvania.
Burial
Bartholomew is buried at Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio in Section 124, Lot 170.
References
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