Lester E. Holt | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 26, 1889 |
| Died | June 29, 1918 (aged 28) |
| Resting place | Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois |
| Occupation(s) | pilot, instructor |
| Years active | 1910–1918 |
Lester E. Holt (1889 – 1918)[1] was an American pioneer aviator and later an Army instructor. He trained in the Curtiss Model D pusher type of plane.[2][3]
Death
In 1918 Holt was an Army flight instructor. He had been in the Army for four years. On June 30 at Dayton, Ohio, while flight testing an airplane, he crashed from a height of 1,200 feet. His body was crushed by the plane's engine.[4][5][6]
References
- ↑ Lester E. Holt; findagrave
- ↑ "Aviator Lester E. Holt makes two grand flights". The Paxton Record. 3 October 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Aviator L.E. Holt has plenty of nerve". The Paxton Record. 14 November 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Some newspaper accounts of Holt's crash(examples:The Watertown News, The Bisbee Daily Review, The New York Sun
- ↑ "Aviator meets death when his machine drops". Springfield News-Sun. 30 June 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Civilian flier is killed when airplane falls". Dayton Daily News. 30 June 1918. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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