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James R Ownby 1927 - 2009

James R Ownby of Knoxville, Knox County, TN was born on April 23, 1927, and died at age 81 years old on February 10, 2009. James Ownby was buried at Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Section C Site 1209 5901 Lyons View Pike, in Knoxville.
James R Ownby
Knoxville, Knox County, TN 37919
April 23, 1927
February 10, 2009
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  • 04/23
    1927

    Birthday

    April 23, 1927
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  • Military Service

    Branch of service: Us Navy Rank attained: S 2 Wars/Conflicts: World War Ii
  • 02/10
    2009

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    February 10, 2009
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    Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery Section C Site 1209 5901 Lyons View Pike, in Knoxville, Tn 37919
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In 1927, in the year that James R Ownby was born, aviator and media darling Charles Lindbergh, age 25, made the first successful solo TransAtlantic flight. "Lucky Lindy" took off from Long Island in New York and flew to Paris, covering  3,600 statute miles and flying for 33 1⁄2-hours. His plane "The Spirit of St. Louis" was a fabric-covered, single-seat, single-engine "Ryan NYP" high-wing monoplane designed by both Lindbergh and the manufacturer's chief engineer.
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In 1937, at the age of merely 10 years old, James was alive when on May 6th, the German zeppelin the Hindenburg caught fire and blew up. The Hindenburg was a passenger ship traveling to Frankfurt Germany. It tried to dock in New Jersey, one of the stops, and something went wrong - it blew up. Thirty-six people were killed out of the 97 on board - 13 passengers, 22 crewmen, and one ground worker. The reasons for the explosion are still disputed.
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