PILOT STORIES: Leonhardt,
Elmer G.*
| Air Mail
Service Began: |
September 19, 1919 |
| Air Mail
Service Ended: |
February 26, 1923 |
| Assignment: |
College Park, Maryland |
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September 26, 919 - Ceveland |
Elmer G. Leonardt died on February 26, 1923 while flying from Bellefonte, Pennsylvania to Cleveland, Ohio, when he became trapped in dense fog near Meadville, Pennsylvania.
He tried to set down in the field, hooked the landing gear
on double-wire fence, and the airplane flipped on its back. Leonardt
was thrown out and killed.
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