Photograph
Private Airplane Crash
| View of small private plane which crashed into a 30-foot open space narrowly missing the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Vick at 102 Lansing Street and an adjacent home. Two World War II veteran brothers-in-law, David E. Hill and Robert L. Horstmeyer, were pinned in the cockpit. David Hill, the pilot, was killed and his brother-in-law was seriously injured. Looking at the wreckage is Connie Elver, 14, of 104 Lansing Street, whose bedroom was nearly struck by the nose-diving airplane. |
| Image ID: | 50713 |
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| Creation Date: | 02 29 1948 |
| Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6442.1529B |
| Original Dimensions: | 4 x 5 inches |
| One of two images. Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on March 1, 1948. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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