February 19, 1944: CAP Pilot Dies in Nebraska Crash

On this date in 1944, a Civil Air Patrol pilot ferrying mail between Army Air Force fields in Kansas and Nebraska died in a crash near Powell, Nebraska.


An excerpt from nebraskaaircrash.com:

This crash involved a Civil Air Patrol pilot ferrying military mail between the army air fields in Kansas and Nebraska. The plane originated at Kansas City and had made a stop in Topeka and possible other locations. The next scheduled stop was the Bruning AAF, but possible engine failure was experienced about ten miles southeast of Bruning or just north of the small town of Powell. The pilot attempted to land the aircraft, a Luscombe monoplane, in a bare wheat field. Observing the accident was a 7-year-old boy who was out hunting rabbits with his dog.  

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