Rock Springs Rocket, Jan 19, 1923
PLANE CRASHED: AVIATORS KILLED
Bodies of Oakes and Acor Taken From Charred Wreck
Pilot Paul S. Oakes, of the Rock Springs-Cheyenne lap of the Central division of the air mail service and Mechanic William Acor, of the Cheyenne field, were killed yesterday afternoon about 2:15 when the plane which they were testing out crashed, falling from a height of about 500 feet, on the landing field near Cheyenne. The gasoline tank bursted into flames when the plane hit the earth and the bodies of the two men were badly burned before they could be extricated from the wreckage.
According to reports the two men took off in a high wind with the plane working perfectly. After circling the field it was observed that the plane seemed out of control and fell toward the ground. At about one hundred feet, the observers state, an "Immerman turn" was attempted and the plane upended and fell to the ground.
Pilot Oakes left the Rock Springs field yesterday morning with the mail at 9;30 a.m. in ship No. 217. He made the flight in the usual time, arriving in Cheyenne at 11:15. At 3:00 o'clock word was received here of his death.
Pilot Oakes came here about three months ago to relieve Jack Webster, who left the mail service at that time, and has made his headquarters at Rock Springs ever since that time. He came from the New York-Cleveland run of the eastern division. He was 27 years of age and unmarried.
Courtesy of Angela Cable
PLANE CRASHED: AVIATORS KILLED
Bodies of Oakes and Acor Taken From Charred Wreck
Pilot Paul S. Oakes, of the Rock Springs-Cheyenne lap of the Central division of the air mail service and Mechanic William Acor, of the Cheyenne field, were killed yesterday afternoon about 2:15 when the plane which they were testing out crashed, falling from a height of about 500 feet, on the landing field near Cheyenne. The gasoline tank bursted into flames when the plane hit the earth and the bodies of the two men were badly burned before they could be extricated from the wreckage.
According to reports the two men took off in a high wind with the plane working perfectly. After circling the field it was observed that the plane seemed out of control and fell toward the ground. At about one hundred feet, the observers state, an "Immerman turn" was attempted and the plane upended and fell to the ground.
Pilot Oakes left the Rock Springs field yesterday morning with the mail at 9;30 a.m. in ship No. 217. He made the flight in the usual time, arriving in Cheyenne at 11:15. At 3:00 o'clock word was received here of his death.
Pilot Oakes came here about three months ago to relieve Jack Webster, who left the mail service at that time, and has made his headquarters at Rock Springs ever since that time. He came from the New York-Cleveland run of the eastern division. He was 27 years of age and unmarried.
Courtesy of Angela Cable
Rock Springs Rocket, Jan 19, 1923
PLANE CRASHED: AVIATORS KILLED
Bodies of Oakes and Acor Taken From Charred Wreck
Pilot Paul S. Oakes, of the Rock Springs-Cheyenne lap of the Central division of the air mail service and Mechanic William Acor, of the Cheyenne field, were killed yesterday afternoon about 2:15 when the plane which they were testing out crashed, falling from a height of about 500 feet, on the landing field near Cheyenne. The gasoline tank bursted into flames when the plane hit the earth and the bodies of the two men were badly burned before they could be extricated from the wreckage.
According to reports the two men took off in a high wind with the plane working perfectly. After circling the field it was observed that the plane seemed out of control and fell toward the ground. At about one hundred feet, the observers state, an "Immerman turn" was attempted and the plane upended and fell to the ground.
Pilot Oakes left the Rock Springs field yesterday morning with the mail at 9;30 a.m. in ship No. 217. He made the flight in the usual time, arriving in Cheyenne at 11:15. At 3:00 o'clock word was received here of his death.
Pilot Oakes came here about three months ago to relieve Jack Webster, who left the mail service at that time, and has made his headquarters at Rock Springs ever since that time. He came from the New York-Cleveland run of the eastern division. He was 27 years of age and unmarried.
Courtesy of Angela Cable
PLANE CRASHED: AVIATORS KILLED
Bodies of Oakes and Acor Taken From Charred Wreck
Pilot Paul S. Oakes, of the Rock Springs-Cheyenne lap of the Central division of the air mail service and Mechanic William Acor, of the Cheyenne field, were killed yesterday afternoon about 2:15 when the plane which they were testing out crashed, falling from a height of about 500 feet, on the landing field near Cheyenne. The gasoline tank bursted into flames when the plane hit the earth and the bodies of the two men were badly burned before they could be extricated from the wreckage.
According to reports the two men took off in a high wind with the plane working perfectly. After circling the field it was observed that the plane seemed out of control and fell toward the ground. At about one hundred feet, the observers state, an "Immerman turn" was attempted and the plane upended and fell to the ground.
Pilot Oakes left the Rock Springs field yesterday morning with the mail at 9;30 a.m. in ship No. 217. He made the flight in the usual time, arriving in Cheyenne at 11:15. At 3:00 o'clock word was received here of his death.
Pilot Oakes came here about three months ago to relieve Jack Webster, who left the mail service at that time, and has made his headquarters at Rock Springs ever since that time. He came from the New York-Cleveland run of the eastern division. He was 27 years of age and unmarried.
Courtesy of Angela Cable
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