Picking, Sherwood, 1890-1941
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- Organization: United States Naval Academy
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found: NUCMC data from Maine Hist. Soc. for His Sea fight off Monhegan, 1938-1941(Sherwood Picking; 1890-1941; grad. U.S. Naval Academy, 1911; killed 1941 in crash of an RAF Ferry Command plane while attempting to land in the British Isles in a dense fog. He had been on his way to take up new duties as assistant naval attaché at the American embassy in London; his book published after his death in 1941; [m. Elizabeth Warner in 1927; 3 children])
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2007-07-18: new
2016-02-25: revised
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