weather, bitter cold, etc.. It is understandable
that many accidents occurred in these conditions
with only two eyeballs to navigate, hand signals
and lights, flares to communicate with aircraft in
flight or on the ground--with the instructor hunched over shouting instructions through the
talk tube it was inevitable Smashups occurred.
that while groping his way through a
heavy snow squall to the airfield struck
a tree and ripped off his lower left wing,
the R.C.A.F. fined him $ 100.00.
Hotel
St. Louis -------------------------------------------------------------- Gagne
fatal crash
Three Rivers,
Quebec March 8, 1942
Dear Ned,
The clipping of Gagne, who was in my class, his picture is in the group with me, is enclosed. He wanted to come to New York with me over Christmas.
Gus.
