Keywords: US Navy 111024-N-FN555-029 Ensign Brandon McNally and 1st Lt. Michael Jones place a wreath at the grave site of Ensign William Devotie Billingsley.jpg en MERIDIAN Miss Oct 24 2011 Ensign Brandon McNally and 1st Lt Michael Jones both student Naval aviators at Training Air Wing TRAWING 1 at Naval Air Staion Meridian place a wreath at the grave site of Ensign William Devotie Billingsley Billingsley is designated as Aviator No 9 and was the first Naval aviator to die in the line of duty when the Wright B-2 biplane he was piloting crashed in the Chesapeake Bay on June 20 1913 He was 26 years old U S Navy photo by Penny Randall/Released 2011-10-24 111024-N-FN555-029 Navy http //www navy mil/view_image asp id 109752 U S Navy photo by Penny Randall PD-USGov-Military-Navy Images from US Navy location Meridian Miss |