On November 19, 1935, Leslie Ralph Tower, Boeing's chief test pilot, died as a result of injuries received from the crash of the Boeing experimental aircraft Model 299 at Wright Field (Dayton, Ohio) October 30, 1935. The crash occurred because the crew neglected to remove the devices intended to keep the control surfaces from moving when the plane was on the ground. Tower WAS NOT at the controls. This aircraft was the prototype of what would later become the famous B-17 Flying Fortress of World War II.
Maj Ployer Peter "Pete" Hill, FaG Memorial ID 167093679, was the other fatality in the XB-17 crash.
Maj Ployer Peter "Pete" Hill, FaG Memorial ID 167093679, was the other fatality in the XB-17 crash.
On November 19, 1935, Leslie Ralph Tower, Boeing's chief test pilot, died as a result of injuries received from the crash of the Boeing experimental aircraft Model 299 at Wright Field (Dayton, Ohio) October 30, 1935. The crash occurred because the crew neglected to remove the devices intended to keep the control surfaces from moving when the plane was on the ground. Tower WAS NOT at the controls. This aircraft was the prototype of what would later become the famous B-17 Flying Fortress of World War II.
Maj Ployer Peter "Pete" Hill, FaG Memorial ID 167093679, was the other fatality in the XB-17 crash.
Maj Ployer Peter "Pete" Hill, FaG Memorial ID 167093679, was the other fatality in the XB-17 crash.
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