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boeing pw-9d army plane wreck april 21 1929. collided with maddux air lines trimotor.

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  • TVL1970 said:
    This is a photo of the body of Lt. Howard W. Keefer (USAAC). Keefer was piloting a US Army Air Corps Boeing PW-9D (Ser. A.C. 28-37) fighter when it collided in mid-air with a Maddux Air Lines Ford Trimotor (NC9636; c/n 5-AT-10), on April 21, 1929, causing both aircraft to crash upon/near Manzanita Canyon in San Diego. Keefer was killed when he jumped from his stricken aircraft and opened his parachute too soon, causing it to become entangled with his airplane as it plummeted to the ground (note the parachute risers adjacent to the aircraft's crumpled rudder). In addition to Keefer, all five persons aboard the Trimotor perished as a result of the crash. See: aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19290421-0 disasteroushistory.blogspot.com/2016/11/the-first-mid-air... Howard William Keefer (1892-1929) - Find-A-Grave See also (and comments):

Lt. A.F. Hegenberger (LOC)

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Lt. L.J. Maitland, 6/28/27 (LOC)

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  • TVL1970 said:
    US Army Air Corps aviators Lt. Lester J. Maitland and Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger piloted an Atlantic-Fokker C-2 trimotor named "Bird of Paradise," non-stop departing from Oakland, CA, on June 28, 1927, and arriving at Wheeler Field, Oahu, Hawaii, on June 29, 1927, completing the first non-stop flight from California to Hawaii. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lester_J._Maitland en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird_of_Paradise_(aircraft)
  • Jon (LOC P&P) said:
    Thanks TVL1970, we'll add this info to our catalog record.
  • swanq said:
    Likely taken at same time as Maitland -- Hegenberger families (LOC)