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- Q5080826 description "American aviator".
- Q5080826 description "American aviator".
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- Q5080826 abstract "Charles McGhee Tyson (1889–1918) was an American businessman and Naval aviator from Knoxville, Tennessee. Tyson was killed in action during a naval patrol in the North Sea near the end of the First World War. Knoxville's McGhee Tyson Airport is named after him. Born in Clifton Springs, NY on August 10, 1889, Tyson moved with his family to Knoxville Tennessee in 1891. His father was General Lawrence D. Tyson, a prominent Knoxville businessman and philanthropist, Army General, and U.S. Senator. He was named for his maternal grandfather, Charles McClung McGhee. Charles McGhee Tyson attended boarding school at St. Paul's School in New Hampshire followed by Princeton University. After finishing college in 1912 Tyson returned to Knoxville to work as an executive in his father's textile mills.Charles McGhee Tyson enlisted in the Naval Reserve Flying Corps in 1917 and transferred to England as a Lieutenant in August 1918. He served with an aerial unit based in Northern England that dropped mines in the North Sea to combat German U-boats. He held an executive logistics post, purchasing supplies for his unit. On October 11 he volunteered for a mine laying mission and served as the plane's nose gunner. Tyson was killed when his plane crashed into the North Sea near the Humber River.In 1929 Charles McGhee Tyson's parents donated the tract of land to be used as an airfield in West Knoxville, stipulating that it be named in honor of their son. McGhee Tyson Airport was moved in 1935 to its present location in Alcoa, TN, just south of Knoxville.".
- Q5080826 birthDate "1889".
- Q5080826 birthYear "1889".
- Q5080826 deathDate "1918".
- Q5080826 deathYear "1918".
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- Q5080826 dateOfBirth "1889".
- Q5080826 dateOfDeath "1918".
- Q5080826 name "Tyson, Charles McGhee".
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- Q5080826 comment "Charles McGhee Tyson (1889–1918) was an American businessman and Naval aviator from Knoxville, Tennessee. Tyson was killed in action during a naval patrol in the North Sea near the end of the First World War. Knoxville's McGhee Tyson Airport is named after him. Born in Clifton Springs, NY on August 10, 1889, Tyson moved with his family to Knoxville Tennessee in 1891. His father was General Lawrence D. Tyson, a prominent Knoxville businessman and philanthropist, Army General, and U.S. Senator.".
- Q5080826 label "Charles McGhee Tyson".
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- Q5080826 givenName "Charles McGhee".
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- Q5080826 name "Charles McGhee Tyson".
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- Q5080826 surname "Tyson".