Troop B, New York State Police∼Corporal THEOPHILUS GAINES - NYSP - HEADQUARTERS - 15 JAN 1932 - in an SP airplane crash.
Corporal Theophilus Gaines, 32, and another member died on 15 Jan. 1932, when their plane crashed a few miles east of Cazenovia at 5:19 p.m. Corporal Gaines was conducting routine inspections of Troop Communications Sections and was being transported from Troop to Troop by aircraft at the time of his death.
Corporal Gaines enlisted at Troop "B", Malone, and served that Troop until the teletype system became operational in October 1931. Thereafter, he was assigned to head the Teletype Bureau at Headquarters in Albany.
(Submitted by KDJ3 - 48731822 )
Corporal Theophilus Gaines, 32, and another member died on 15 Jan. 1932, when their plane crashed a few miles east of Cazenovia at 5:19 p.m. Corporal Gaines was conducting routine inspections of Troop Communications Sections and was being transported from Troop to Troop by aircraft at the time of his death.
Corporal Gaines enlisted at Troop "B", Malone, and served that Troop until the teletype system became operational in October 1931. Thereafter, he was assigned to head the Teletype Bureau at Headquarters in Albany.
(Submitted by KDJ3 - 48731822 )
Troop B, New York State Police∼Corporal THEOPHILUS GAINES - NYSP - HEADQUARTERS - 15 JAN 1932 - in an SP airplane crash.
Corporal Theophilus Gaines, 32, and another member died on 15 Jan. 1932, when their plane crashed a few miles east of Cazenovia at 5:19 p.m. Corporal Gaines was conducting routine inspections of Troop Communications Sections and was being transported from Troop to Troop by aircraft at the time of his death.
Corporal Gaines enlisted at Troop "B", Malone, and served that Troop until the teletype system became operational in October 1931. Thereafter, he was assigned to head the Teletype Bureau at Headquarters in Albany.
(Submitted by KDJ3 - 48731822 )
Corporal Theophilus Gaines, 32, and another member died on 15 Jan. 1932, when their plane crashed a few miles east of Cazenovia at 5:19 p.m. Corporal Gaines was conducting routine inspections of Troop Communications Sections and was being transported from Troop to Troop by aircraft at the time of his death.
Corporal Gaines enlisted at Troop "B", Malone, and served that Troop until the teletype system became operational in October 1931. Thereafter, he was assigned to head the Teletype Bureau at Headquarters in Albany.
(Submitted by KDJ3 - 48731822 )
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