Richard Crabbs Second Lieutenant, United States Army |
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United States Army Report: Second Lieutenant Richard Crabbs, Air-Reserve, 17th Squadron, killed in crash of P-6E airplane at Davenport, Iowa, while on aviation training flight. Courtesy of Cram Field Website: Curtis Hawk #50 After Crash. The pilot,
Lieutenant Richard Crabbs, was killed on take-off on 15 May 1932.
The crash took place at Cram Field, Davenport, Iowa.
ARMY FLIER DIES IN IOWA ROCK ISLAND, Illinois, May 15, 1932 - While his aunt and uncle stood among a crowd of spectators waving and cheering this afternoon, Lieutenant Richard Crabbs, aged 25, of the Army Aviation Corps, stationed at Selfridge Field, Michigan, crashed to his death at Cram Field, Davenport, Iowa. He had just completed a stune program of loops, steep banks and ten consecutive barrel rolls at a speed of 200 miler per hour. Suddenly his plane went into a tail spin and whirled 1,100 feet to the ground. Lieutenant Crabbs was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Crabbs now staying at Orlando, Florida. His father had been consulting engineer of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company of New York for many years. The aviator had been visiting his Davenport relatives.
CRABBS, RICHARD 2ND LT AIR RESERVE US ARMY VETERAN SERVICE DATES: Unknown DATE OF DEATH: 05/15/1932 DATE OF INTERMENT: 05/19/1932 BURIED AT: SECTION SOUTH SITE 4177-F N ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY Webmaster: Michael
Robert Patterson
Posted: 16 October 2004 Updated: 12 November 2007 |
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