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Show TWO U. S. AVIATORS KILLED IN SMASH LOS AXGKLKS. Bee. 8. Lieutenant Herbert N Chaffee of Pasadena. Cal., and Lieutenant Charles J. Drake of Man-kato. Man-kato. Kan., both pursuit pilots and instructors in-structors at Rockwell field, San Diego, were instantly killed here today when the airplane in which they were riding plunged 3000 feet to the earth in a backyard back-yard iu tho southern residential section of tho city. According to military authorities, the two officers, with Lieutenant Chaffee as pilot, were returning to Rockwell liekl after a special tour on detail when the accident happened. Inspection of tin wrecked machine by army aviators failed to reveal the cause of tho accident. Observers of the accident declared that the nifn apparently were attempting t loop tiie loop when they plunged to the ground. |