| Name |
Charles Allen Lauterbach  , 1C1R |
| Birth |
31 May 1916 |
| Death |
16 Jan 1938 Age: 21 |
| Death Memo |
Died in Wellington, Kansas, following crash of his own airplane, in a field just north of his father's home near Mayfield, Kansas. |
| Burial |
Osborne Cemetery, near Mayfield, Sumner County, Kansas |
| Father |
Charles Albert Lauterbach (1884-1967) |
| Mother |
Minnie Mabel Herrington (1882-1945) |
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| Notes |
Died in Wellington, Kansas, following crash of his own airplane, in a field just north of his father's home near Mayfield, Kansas.
First automobile in the Clearwater area was a red Haliday owned by John George Lauterbach. When he later baught a Ford Model T Coupe, he gave the red Haliday to son Charles. In January 1938, Charles Jr. drove the Haliday to the field where his airplane was parked. Charles Jr. crashed on take-off and later died. The little car was left in the field for a couple of days, and many parts were stolen from it, presumibly to commerate the first air crash that any had seen. (From note written on photograph of the Haliday, in posession of AnaLisa Worden Bischoff, February 2003)
It is my understanding that the car is still is a museum in Wichita, but I have not tried to locate it. (PLH) |
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| James Noble disappeared. |
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