▁White , ▁out ▁of ▁Bol ling ▁Field , ▁develop s ▁engine ▁trouble , ▁attempts ▁landing ▁on ▁Bur ling ton ▁Island , ▁over ▁sho ots ▁the ▁island ▁and ▁crashes ▁his ▁De ▁Hav ill and ▁D H - 4 B ▁f ighter ▁plane , ▁ 2 2 - 1 1 8 6 , ▁into ▁the ▁Del aware ▁River ▁outside ▁Br istol , ▁PA . ▁Was ▁res cu ed ▁alive ▁and ▁in ▁good ▁spirits ▁but ▁died ▁two ▁weeks ▁later ▁in ▁Harr iman ▁Hospital ▁shortly ▁after ▁surg ery ▁due ▁to ▁internal ▁dam ages . ▁http :// www . war unt old . com / st ories / f rank _ white . php ▁▁ 1 1 ▁July ▁" EL ▁SE G UND O , ▁July ▁ 1 1 ▁- ▁Two ▁av i ators ▁were ▁killed ▁when ▁their ▁air plane ▁fell ▁and ▁burn ed ▁near ▁here ▁today . ▁The ▁dead ▁are : ▁Lieutenant ▁Hugh ▁R . ▁Den ny , ▁of ▁the ▁Aer ial ▁Res erves , ▁Clo ver ▁Field , ▁Santa ▁Mon ica , ▁and ▁M . ▁D . ▁Mc Cl enn an , ▁of ▁Santa ▁Mon ica , ▁son ▁of ▁County ▁Super visor ▁R . ▁F . ▁Mc Cl enn an ." ▁In ▁an ▁unusual ▁circumst ance , ▁the ▁records ▁of ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁Army ▁Air ▁Service ▁did ▁not ▁record , ▁nor ▁do ▁they ▁reve al ▁the ▁type ▁of ▁aircraft ▁involved ▁in ▁this ▁incident , ▁nor ▁a ▁serial ▁number ▁for ▁the ▁lost ▁ship . ▁" Ne il ▁D . ▁McC le ll an " ▁is ▁listed ▁as