Lester E. Holt
 | This article's factual accuracy is disputed. (August 2023) |
Lester E. Holt | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 26, 1889 |
| Died | June 29, 1918 (aged 28) |
| Resting place | Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois |
| Occupation(s) | pilot, instructor |
| Years active | 1910–1918 |
Lester E. Holt (1889 – 1918)[1] was an American pioneer aviator and later an Army instructor. He trained in the Curtiss Model D pusher type of plane.[2][3]
Death[edit]
In 1918 Holt was an Army flight instructor. He had been in the Army for four years. On June 30 at Dayton, Ohio, while flight testing an airplane, he crashed from a height of 1,200 feet. His body was crushed by the plane's engine.[4][5][6]
References[edit]
- ^ Lester E. Holt; findagrave
- ^ "Aviator Lester E. Holt makes two grand flights". The Paxton Record. 3 October 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Aviator L.E. Holt has plenty of nerve". The Paxton Record. 14 November 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Some newspaper accounts of Holt's crash(examples:The Watertown News, The Bisbee Daily Review, The New York Sun
- ^ "Aviator meets death when his machine drops". Springfield News-Sun. 30 June 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Civilian flier is killed when airplane falls". Dayton Daily News. 30 June 1918. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
