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DIVE BOMBERStICRASH. 4 DEADIf(One Plane Is Found InMuddv Mesa, Anotherit t!1 ISan Diego, Calif., Feb. 25. (P)| Falls At SeaiFour navy fliers evidently p* r- j 1ished in the crash of two divebombers last night, on* on landand one at sea. I 1Wreckage of one of the two-|ipassenger planes was found today h five miles east of La Jolla in than rough, muddy terrain of Kearny | Mesa. iti tiie demolished craft iwert' the bode s of Eri-ign lt;1. S. | iMaxwell. 23. pilot, U. S. N. R., of Koanoke, Va., and E. W. Clary,1 s. S' * oitd da'.- sf'.unnu, Haiti-| (more. ;'rDestroyers, airplanes and coast guard cutters engaged in a search of the sea north of here tor the other craft th* navy listed as missing. Aboard were Ensign W.A. Daniel. 28, I*. 8. N. R , Uoth-*-nburg, Neb., the pilot, and E 8. Lemort, 21. aviation machinist's! mate, Greenville, S. a passen-. g* r, fine report said a large o slick was found in the area.Reports re. lt;iv* lt;1 T»y the sheriffs office said the bombers had locked wings during a routinenight flight, but naval officers asserted tie y had not determinedwhether the crashes repr* seatedIwct separate accidents The planes were attached to the air-ctaft carrier Kn*«• t pt tse.
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Escanaba Daily Press

Escanaba, Michigan, US

Wed, Feb 26, 1941

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