FO Lt. Emil M. Horkavi -- Flight Officer/2nd Lt. Emil M. Horkavi, 30,. Gary, Indiana and Flight Officer/1st Lt. Frank M. Dimond, 29, Wilmington, California, died instantly in a Sunday, 2:30PM, March 14, 1943 crash of an Aeronca L-3C. They were the first men to die in aircraft accidents at Ardmore Army Air Field. Horkavi was an instructor pilot giving Dimond a check ride for certification to fly the Aeronca. Both were assigned to the 418th Air Base Glider Squadron. The crash occurred on the O. F. Kramer farm approximately four miles north of Ardmore.
Monday, September 8, 2008
FO Lt. Emil M. Horkavi
FO Lt. Emil M. Horkavi -- Flight Officer/2nd Lt. Emil M. Horkavi, 30,. Gary, Indiana and Flight Officer/1st Lt. Frank M. Dimond, 29, Wilmington, California, died instantly in a Sunday, 2:30PM, March 14, 1943 crash of an Aeronca L-3C. They were the first men to die in aircraft accidents at Ardmore Army Air Field. Horkavi was an instructor pilot giving Dimond a check ride for certification to fly the Aeronca. Both were assigned to the 418th Air Base Glider Squadron. The crash occurred on the O. F. Kramer farm approximately four miles north of Ardmore.
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