Aviation aux Etats-Unis : accidents d'avion, 1931. - 21 photos - Photo n° 229117
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229117
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WATCH YOUR CREDIT LINE: PHOTO FROM: WIDE WORLD PHOTOS. – DETROIT………BUREAU: M-2699-THE TRAGIC END OF AN ATTEMPT TO SET A NEW RECORD IN THE AIR. DETROIT, MICH.-The flaming wreckage of the plane in which Lowell R. Bayles was killed when his plane crashed near Detroit, Mich., as he was making his final attempt to break the world’s speed record. He was travelling at a speed of over 400 miles an hour at the times of the crash. The crashed was caused by the wing of his plane giving way as he was coming out of a power dive. 12/7/31. [Actualit] [Wide World Photos] [Photo Champroux 18 Nov. 1931 Bruxelles]
