Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-16 | Page 23 | Two Die as Plane Plunges into Bay

TWO DIE AS PLANE PLUNGES INTO BA BAY V SAN FRANCISCO Dec 16 UP UP- UP Twp army pilots lost their lives when the army biplane in which they were practicing blind flying plunged feet into San Francisco bay here late yesterday The fliers were Lieutenant John J. J Miller reserve pilot of Oakland and nd Lieutenant Donald W regular army San Francisco presidio Lieutenant Armagost's wife pedant mother collapsed from hysteria hys nys hysteria teria and was in a a serious S condition today physicians reported Efforts were still under way today to recover the bodies I S Officials of Crissey field said Lieu tenant Armagost was instructing Li Lieu Lieutenant tenant Miller in blind flying at the time of the the crash The cockpit of the plane was covered and they were piloting the craft crait by instruments alone Witnesses said the plane came caine out of a steep bank and made a power dive into the bay from irom about feet eeL eL