Research Document #33 | |
The Luke Field Crash Report: Exhibit J | |
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LUKE FIELD, T. H. |
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Eye-witness account of crash of AMELIA EARHART'S airplane at Luke Field, T.H., Saturday, March 20, 1937. On Saturday, March 20, when Miss Earhart taxied her plane from the Final Assembly hangar to the runway I boarded the Luke Field Crash truck and rode to a point adjacent to the take-off position. When the plane started to take-off the driver of the truck rode paralled to the plane and along the edge of the runway. When 1/3 of the runway had been covered the plane started to swerve to the left. The right landing gear tire blew out, the right landing gear gave way and the plane ground looped. |
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E. J. CASHMAN, R-4311624, Corporal, 65th Service Squadron. |
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