Dale Mabry. Dale Mabry (March 22, 1891–February 21, 1922) was an American World War I aviator. Mabry became an airship pilot and captain in the United States Army Air Service. Captain Mabry died piloting the Army airship Roma, a dirigible he was testing, when it crashed in Norfolk, Virginia on February 21, 1922. The event marked the greatest disaster in American aeronautics up to that time, resulting in 34 deaths. Mabry was laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery. He was survived by a brother, G. E. Mabry, of Tampa, Florida. Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa, Florida is also named for him. It was initially constructed to connect what was then MacDill Field, now MacDill Air Force Base, with then-Drew Field Municipal Airport, now Tampa International Airport. Also in Tampa, Dale Mabry Elementary school is named in his honor.

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