Commander Henry Barton Cecil

1888 - 1933  (45 years)

• Name	Henry Barton Cecil
  Prefix	Commander
  Birth	17 Feb 1888
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Apr 1933	At sea
  	Burial: Reed Cemetery New River Scott County Tennessee, USA
  Person ID	I6903	Drollinger Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Beatty Cecil,   b. 13 Sep 1849, TN d. 29 Apr 1931, TN (Age 81 years)
  Mother	Polly Elmira Buttram,   b. 8 Sep 1858, Scott County, Tennessee, United States d. 10 Mar 1938, New River, Scott, Tennessee, United States (Age 79 years)
  Family ID	F2299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Isa McBean Duncan,   b. 2 Jan 1882, Chicago, Cook, IL d. 23 May 1949, CA (Age 67 years)
  Family ID	F2303	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	14 Mar 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 4 Apr 1933 - at sea  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Lost in U.S. Navy Airship Akron; disaster. Served in U. S. Navy; twenty seven years. Ensign; to Commander - Air Service seventeen years. U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 about Henry Barton Cecil Name: Henry Barton Cecil Birth Date: 17 Feb 1888 Birth Place: New River Tennessee Age: 37 Gender: Male Passport Issue Date: 24 Sep 1924 Passport Includes a Photo: Yes Residence: New River Tennessee Father Name: Beaty Cecil Father's Birth Location: Tennessee Father's Residence: New River Tennessee In 1916, He became a licensed naval airplane pilot -Navy pilot's license # 42 WW1 1910, Graduated US Naval Academy HENRY BARTON CECIL (188-1933), Navy Air Force in World War I, Commander CECIL lost his life in the dirigible "Akron" disaster of April 4, 1933. Commander in U S Navy. Lost at sea in the Airship Akron disaster. The Akron was a dirigible which went down off the coast of New Jersey during an electrical storm. There were 76 men aboard. Only 3 survived. Bart was a guest on the flight. The Akron disaster was likely the result of poor command decisions relating to weather, navigation, and ship handling. While it is possible that Akron?s tail was driven into the sea by a strong downdraft, it is likely that Captain Frank McCord simply flew his ship into the water. McCord was flying too low for conditions, and he may not have taken his ship?s 785-foot length into account while attempting to climb out of a downdraft; with the nose of the ship raised sharply to climb, the Akron?s tail may have pivoted into the ocean as the result of poor handling. Cecil Field near Jacksonville, Florida was named in his honor.