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Lester E. Holt

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Lester E. Holt
BornAugust 26, 1889
DiedJune 29, 1918 (aged 28)
Resting placeOak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
Occupation(s)pilot, instructor
Years active1910–1918

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

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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

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  1. ^ Lester E. Holt; findagrave
  2. ^ "Aviator Lester E. Holt makes two grand flights". The Paxton Record. 3 October 1912. p. 5. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  3. ^ "Aviator L.E. Holt has plenty of nerve". The Paxton Record. 14 November 1912. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ Some newspaper accounts of Holt's crash(examples:The Watertown News, The Bisbee Daily Review, The New York Sun
  5. ^ "Aviator meets death when his machine drops". Springfield News-Sun. 30 June 1918. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  6. ^ "Civilian flier is killed when airplane falls". Dayton Daily News. 30 June 1918. pp. 1, 6. Retrieved 26 May 2023 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
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