Lieut.
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Lieut. null fighter snapped to bits in mid-air when something, possibly the propeller, broke.
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Elaine Fairless ; both for the second time; in Huntington, W. Va. Lieut. and Mrs. Fairless attended the bridal couple.
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Ensign in 60th Regt., 8th July, 1760; Lieut. in do.
From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)
The Lieut. went a Shoar to Gett some hands that had promist to Come on board when we were Ready to Sail.
From Privateering and Piracy in the Colonial Period Illustrative Documents by Jameson, J. Franklin (John Franklin)
Lieut. governor of Guernsey, flattering testimonials published by, respecting Sir J. Saumarez, i.
From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II by Ross, John, Sir
Fl Lieut Stark said the aircraft dated from the 1970s and didn't have the same safety measures of more modern aircraft, but pilots were aware of this.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2021
The citizen turned out to be retired Lieut.
From Slate ● May 14, 2020
They ran out of their tunnel and hid under a bridge where Lieut.
From Fox News ● Jun. 3, 2019
The story that Mr. Gray has chosen seems an unlikely candidate for such revisionism because it turns on Lieut.
From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2017
She was the daughter of Spencer Phips, who was Lieut.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
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