Tragedy Mars US Air Show

Series

Series Name

Pathe News

Issue

Issue No.

49/74

Date Released

15 Sep 1949

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Holland Celebrates Queen’s First Anniversary
2. 2Tragedy Mars US Air Show
3. 3Australian Floods Make 6,000 Homeless
4. 4Wimbledon Champion Loses US Tennis Final
5. 5HMS London Comes Home from Yangtse

Story

Story No. within this Issue

2 / 5

Summary

Round-the-world flyer, Bill Odom, crashes to death during the US National Air Races at Cleveland.

Keywords

Aviation; Accidents and disasters

Locations

Ohio; Cleveland

Length of story (in feet)

140

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