Dick Brewitt Killed in Air
Word that Lt. Richard Power Brewitt, Navy combat flier lately returned to active service, was killed Friday in an air crash in Ohio was received here Saturday. Lt. Brewitt was a former star football player at Stadium in his prep days and was the son of Dr. and Mrs. J.A. Brewitt of 1230 No. J St.
Dick was well known to followers of Stadium High School sports and had played a year of frosh football at Santa Clara before injury to an arm forced his retirement from the sport. He was a veteran of Navy dive-bombing squadron activity in the Pacific during the last war and served three years with the Navy Air Force. Later he owned and operated a gas station with Bernie Enright at 13th and No. 1 Sts. before returning to active duty.
He was stationed at Grosse Isle, Mich., at the time of his death. A fellow, Navy officer will accompany the body to Tacoma for military services, which will be announced.
Lt. Brewitt in his high school days was on the noted Stadium team that didn't lose a single game in three years. He played center and one year was named all-state center.
While flying in the Navy he was stationed on the famous carrier Ticonderoga.
Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. L.M. (Bernice) Carino, and a brother, Joseph.
—From The Tacoma News Tribune; Monday, July 30, 1951
Word that Lt. Richard Power Brewitt, Navy combat flier lately returned to active service, was killed Friday in an air crash in Ohio was received here Saturday. Lt. Brewitt was a former star football player at Stadium in his prep days and was the son of Dr. and Mrs. J.A. Brewitt of 1230 No. J St.
Dick was well known to followers of Stadium High School sports and had played a year of frosh football at Santa Clara before injury to an arm forced his retirement from the sport. He was a veteran of Navy dive-bombing squadron activity in the Pacific during the last war and served three years with the Navy Air Force. Later he owned and operated a gas station with Bernie Enright at 13th and No. 1 Sts. before returning to active duty.
He was stationed at Grosse Isle, Mich., at the time of his death. A fellow, Navy officer will accompany the body to Tacoma for military services, which will be announced.
Lt. Brewitt in his high school days was on the noted Stadium team that didn't lose a single game in three years. He played center and one year was named all-state center.
While flying in the Navy he was stationed on the famous carrier Ticonderoga.
Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. L.M. (Bernice) Carino, and a brother, Joseph.
—From The Tacoma News Tribune; Monday, July 30, 1951
Dick Brewitt Killed in Air
Word that Lt. Richard Power Brewitt, Navy combat flier lately returned to active service, was killed Friday in an air crash in Ohio was received here Saturday. Lt. Brewitt was a former star football player at Stadium in his prep days and was the son of Dr. and Mrs. J.A. Brewitt of 1230 No. J St.
Dick was well known to followers of Stadium High School sports and had played a year of frosh football at Santa Clara before injury to an arm forced his retirement from the sport. He was a veteran of Navy dive-bombing squadron activity in the Pacific during the last war and served three years with the Navy Air Force. Later he owned and operated a gas station with Bernie Enright at 13th and No. 1 Sts. before returning to active duty.
He was stationed at Grosse Isle, Mich., at the time of his death. A fellow, Navy officer will accompany the body to Tacoma for military services, which will be announced.
Lt. Brewitt in his high school days was on the noted Stadium team that didn't lose a single game in three years. He played center and one year was named all-state center.
While flying in the Navy he was stationed on the famous carrier Ticonderoga.
Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. L.M. (Bernice) Carino, and a brother, Joseph.
—From The Tacoma News Tribune; Monday, July 30, 1951
Word that Lt. Richard Power Brewitt, Navy combat flier lately returned to active service, was killed Friday in an air crash in Ohio was received here Saturday. Lt. Brewitt was a former star football player at Stadium in his prep days and was the son of Dr. and Mrs. J.A. Brewitt of 1230 No. J St.
Dick was well known to followers of Stadium High School sports and had played a year of frosh football at Santa Clara before injury to an arm forced his retirement from the sport. He was a veteran of Navy dive-bombing squadron activity in the Pacific during the last war and served three years with the Navy Air Force. Later he owned and operated a gas station with Bernie Enright at 13th and No. 1 Sts. before returning to active duty.
He was stationed at Grosse Isle, Mich., at the time of his death. A fellow, Navy officer will accompany the body to Tacoma for military services, which will be announced.
Lt. Brewitt in his high school days was on the noted Stadium team that didn't lose a single game in three years. He played center and one year was named all-state center.
While flying in the Navy he was stationed on the famous carrier Ticonderoga.
Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Mrs. L.M. (Bernice) Carino, and a brother, Joseph.
—From The Tacoma News Tribune; Monday, July 30, 1951
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