Kay County OK Obit for: WHIPPLE, Donald Roy
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Daily Oklahoman, The
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
April 21, 1942, pg 16
 
Blackwell Flier Killed in Africa
Ferrying. Pilot Is Lost Over jungles
 
BLACKWELL. April 20.-, Special, -Donald Roy Whipple, lieutenant in the air corps, 
lost his life April 12 when a plane he was piloting crashed in the jungles of Africa, 
according to word received here by relatives Monday.
 
His mother, Mrs. Opal Whipple. lives here.
 
A telegram sent to his father, Roy Whipple, at Wichita was forwarded here from the 
war department Monday and Mrs. Whipple received a telephone call from her son's wife. 
Mrs. Marjorie Whipple, at San Antonio.
 
According to word received from Mrs. Marjorie Whipple, Lieutenant Whipple was flying 
a ship to Iraq. He was a non-combatant flier, and was presumed to be ferrying the ship 
across Africa,
Twelve men were in the plane and all were killed.
 
Mrs. Marjorie Whipple received a letter from  her husband, that was received 
from Brazil, April 6.
 
The telegram of the war department stated that Whipple's death was "not due to 
enemy action. and that he was buried with "military honors."
 
The young man was reared here and is a graduate of the high school with the 
class of 1933. He also graduated in engineering Oklahoma A. and M. college three 
years later.