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Quentin Roosevelt II (November 4, 1919 – December 21, 1948) was the fourth child and youngest son of Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt III and Eleanor Butler Alexander. He was the namesake of his uncle Quentin Roosevelt I, who was killed in action in 1918 during World War I.
Quentin Roosevelt II (1919–1948), the third and youngest son of Ted, was named after Quentin, and also died in a plane crash. On July 14, 2008, on the 90th anniversary of Quentin's death, the villages of Saints, Mauperthuis and Touquin held a commemoration of Quentin Roosevelt.
Jul 2, 2018 · Quentin Roosevelt was a flight leader in the 95th, and despite his famous family, he was very much a regular guy. “Everyone who met him for the first time expected him to have the airs and...
Nov 5, 2009 · On July 14, 1918, Quentin Roosevelt, a pilot in the United States Air Service and the fourth son of former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, is shot down and killed by a German Fokker plane...
Quentin Roosevelt II (November 4, 1919 – December 21, 1948) was the fourth child and youngest son of Theodore "Ted" Roosevelt III and Eleanor Butler Alexander. He was the namesake of his uncle Quentin Roosevelt I, who was killed in action in 1918 during World War I.
May 13, 2024 · That was Quentin Roosevelt, WWI aviator, son of Teddy Roosevelt. Only two former US Presidents served as military aviators: Bush 41 and Bush 43. The tragic story of Quentin Roosevelt, lost in WWI aerial combat. Quentin was a skilled fighter pilot, gaining a confirmed kill before his untimely death.
Mar 12, 2022 · A promising U.S. Army pilot, Quentin Roosevelt died after his plane was shot down over France on July 14, 1918. He was just 20 years old. Quentin Roosevelt responded to the call of duty and fought during World War I, and it cost him his life.
Quentin, the youngest son, was killed during aerial combat near Chaméry, France, on July 14, 1918. Had he survived the first world war, Quentin would have surely followed his three older brothers’ example of volunteering for military service in both world wars.
May 27, 2024 · Quentin Roosevelt was the youngest of Theodore and Edith Roosevelt's children. His siblings included half-sisters, Alice and Ethel, and brothers, Theodore III ("Ted"), Kermit and Archibald ("Archie").
In 1941 the Library of Congress obtained a major portion of its Naxi manuscript collection—1,073 Naxi manuscripts—from Quentin Roosevelt II, Harvard graduate and grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt.
