[Sam Sloan's plane crash #4]

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1929-01
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View of Sam Sloan's plane after it crashed causing his death on January 1, 1929, in Mitchell County, Texas. PBPM 79-039.023.04 Inscription (on back): Sam Sloan's crash 1-1-29 Enclosed note: These pictures of S. A. ("Sam") Sloan and pictures taken at the scene of the crash near Colorado City, Texas Country Club building. I had the flu (105 degrees) when Sam came by my room at the Scharbauer Hotel at Midland, Texas to check on my condition; while there, Sam told me that he was going to fly over to Colorado City and drop a note out of his plane for Kate Justice, the hostess at the Country Club wishing her a happy New Year (they were good friends - met in France during WWI while he was a combat ace in Amry Air Corp and she was an Army nurse - Sam opened the left door of the cabin plane and, just as he dropped the note, from the underpowered (OX5 90 HP motor) Fairchild high-winged monoplane (cabin job) the plane lost flying speed and spun into the ground very near the Country Club building - Sam was killed instantly the control "stick" passing through his heart. January 1, 1929 was a bad, sad day for all concerned. The loss of my "boss" AND FRIEND had a profound effect on my life - during the month of August of the same year (1929) my wife, Odessa and our unborn child both died in the Baptist Hospital in Dallas. 1929 was not a good year. 1929 also marked the beginning of the first and worst long depression this country has ever seen. October 12, 1979 Lee Jones, Jr.
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The images in this collection are for study purposes, teaching, classroom projection and research only. To use these digital files in any form, an attribution of "Photo courtesy of The Petroleum Museum, Lee Jones, Jr. Collection" must accompany the image.
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