Crowd Watches As Plane Crash Kills Two Utahns
FILLMORE, July 4 (AP)—The telescoped wreckage of a small plane near here today bears grim witness to the crash which yesterday claimed the lives of two residents of Provo.
Spectators at a race meet watched in awed silence as the ship plummeted an estimated 6000 feet after the pilot, John J. Barker, 44, was unable to bring it out of a tailspin.
The ship, which had as a passenger, Mrs. Roma Carpenter, 27, had been stunting over the racing area for the benefit of the crowd.
Barker was killed instantly but Mrs. Carpenter survived at a nearby hospital until ten-fifteen last night.
Onlookers saw the craft bury itself nose-deep about one-half mile from the race area.
Source: Ogden Standard Examiner July 4, 1945
Unfamiliarity With Blamed in Fillmore
FILLMORE — Unfamiliarity of the pilot with the plane he was flying was blamed Wednesday for the fatal crash of a Fairchild army type trainer plane during an exhibition flight at the annual stock show and race meet at Fillmore.
Lt Col. Joseph Bergin, state aeronautics inspector, said the pilot, John J. Barker, 43, Provo, who was instantly killed, was an experienced and careful pilot with light civilian training planes, but in all probability, his unfamiliarity with the Fairchild caused him to do the wrong thing in attempting to pull from the tailspin which ended in his death and that of 20 year-old Mrs. Roma W, Carpenter, Provo, a passenger with him.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune July 5, 1945
PROVO — Funeral services for Mrs. Roma Wiley Carpenter will be conducted Saturday at 11 a. m. in the Provo L. D. S. 6th ward chapel, directed by Frank T, Gardner, bishop. Friends may call at the Berg mortuary Friday from 6 to 8 p. m, and at the home of her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Vincent. 80 N. 7th west, Saturday prior to services.
Additional services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Antimony L. D. S. ward chapel, with interment in the Antimony cemetery.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune July 6, 1945
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Married Neal R. Carpenter
FILLMORE, July 4 (AP)—The telescoped wreckage of a small plane near here today bears grim witness to the crash which yesterday claimed the lives of two residents of Provo.
Spectators at a race meet watched in awed silence as the ship plummeted an estimated 6000 feet after the pilot, John J. Barker, 44, was unable to bring it out of a tailspin.
The ship, which had as a passenger, Mrs. Roma Carpenter, 27, had been stunting over the racing area for the benefit of the crowd.
Barker was killed instantly but Mrs. Carpenter survived at a nearby hospital until ten-fifteen last night.
Onlookers saw the craft bury itself nose-deep about one-half mile from the race area.
Source: Ogden Standard Examiner July 4, 1945
Unfamiliarity With Blamed in Fillmore
FILLMORE — Unfamiliarity of the pilot with the plane he was flying was blamed Wednesday for the fatal crash of a Fairchild army type trainer plane during an exhibition flight at the annual stock show and race meet at Fillmore.
Lt Col. Joseph Bergin, state aeronautics inspector, said the pilot, John J. Barker, 43, Provo, who was instantly killed, was an experienced and careful pilot with light civilian training planes, but in all probability, his unfamiliarity with the Fairchild caused him to do the wrong thing in attempting to pull from the tailspin which ended in his death and that of 20 year-old Mrs. Roma W, Carpenter, Provo, a passenger with him.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune July 5, 1945
PROVO — Funeral services for Mrs. Roma Wiley Carpenter will be conducted Saturday at 11 a. m. in the Provo L. D. S. 6th ward chapel, directed by Frank T, Gardner, bishop. Friends may call at the Berg mortuary Friday from 6 to 8 p. m, and at the home of her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Vincent. 80 N. 7th west, Saturday prior to services.
Additional services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Antimony L. D. S. ward chapel, with interment in the Antimony cemetery.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune July 6, 1945
Certificate of Death
Married Neal R. Carpenter
Crowd Watches As Plane Crash Kills Two Utahns
FILLMORE, July 4 (AP)—The telescoped wreckage of a small plane near here today bears grim witness to the crash which yesterday claimed the lives of two residents of Provo.
Spectators at a race meet watched in awed silence as the ship plummeted an estimated 6000 feet after the pilot, John J. Barker, 44, was unable to bring it out of a tailspin.
The ship, which had as a passenger, Mrs. Roma Carpenter, 27, had been stunting over the racing area for the benefit of the crowd.
Barker was killed instantly but Mrs. Carpenter survived at a nearby hospital until ten-fifteen last night.
Onlookers saw the craft bury itself nose-deep about one-half mile from the race area.
Source: Ogden Standard Examiner July 4, 1945
Unfamiliarity With Blamed in Fillmore
FILLMORE — Unfamiliarity of the pilot with the plane he was flying was blamed Wednesday for the fatal crash of a Fairchild army type trainer plane during an exhibition flight at the annual stock show and race meet at Fillmore.
Lt Col. Joseph Bergin, state aeronautics inspector, said the pilot, John J. Barker, 43, Provo, who was instantly killed, was an experienced and careful pilot with light civilian training planes, but in all probability, his unfamiliarity with the Fairchild caused him to do the wrong thing in attempting to pull from the tailspin which ended in his death and that of 20 year-old Mrs. Roma W, Carpenter, Provo, a passenger with him.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune July 5, 1945
PROVO — Funeral services for Mrs. Roma Wiley Carpenter will be conducted Saturday at 11 a. m. in the Provo L. D. S. 6th ward chapel, directed by Frank T, Gardner, bishop. Friends may call at the Berg mortuary Friday from 6 to 8 p. m, and at the home of her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Vincent. 80 N. 7th west, Saturday prior to services.
Additional services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Antimony L. D. S. ward chapel, with interment in the Antimony cemetery.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune July 6, 1945
Certificate of Death
Married Neal R. Carpenter
FILLMORE, July 4 (AP)—The telescoped wreckage of a small plane near here today bears grim witness to the crash which yesterday claimed the lives of two residents of Provo.
Spectators at a race meet watched in awed silence as the ship plummeted an estimated 6000 feet after the pilot, John J. Barker, 44, was unable to bring it out of a tailspin.
The ship, which had as a passenger, Mrs. Roma Carpenter, 27, had been stunting over the racing area for the benefit of the crowd.
Barker was killed instantly but Mrs. Carpenter survived at a nearby hospital until ten-fifteen last night.
Onlookers saw the craft bury itself nose-deep about one-half mile from the race area.
Source: Ogden Standard Examiner July 4, 1945
Unfamiliarity With Blamed in Fillmore
FILLMORE — Unfamiliarity of the pilot with the plane he was flying was blamed Wednesday for the fatal crash of a Fairchild army type trainer plane during an exhibition flight at the annual stock show and race meet at Fillmore.
Lt Col. Joseph Bergin, state aeronautics inspector, said the pilot, John J. Barker, 43, Provo, who was instantly killed, was an experienced and careful pilot with light civilian training planes, but in all probability, his unfamiliarity with the Fairchild caused him to do the wrong thing in attempting to pull from the tailspin which ended in his death and that of 20 year-old Mrs. Roma W, Carpenter, Provo, a passenger with him.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune July 5, 1945
PROVO — Funeral services for Mrs. Roma Wiley Carpenter will be conducted Saturday at 11 a. m. in the Provo L. D. S. 6th ward chapel, directed by Frank T, Gardner, bishop. Friends may call at the Berg mortuary Friday from 6 to 8 p. m, and at the home of her mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Jay E. Vincent. 80 N. 7th west, Saturday prior to services.
Additional services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p. m. in the Antimony L. D. S. ward chapel, with interment in the Antimony cemetery.
Source: Salt Lake Tribune July 6, 1945
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Married Neal R. Carpenter
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