Plane Crash

Photograph

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Nevada Northern Railway Museum

Plane crash at the smelter.

Plane crash at the smelter.

Name/Title

Plane Crash

Entry/Object ID

15-KCCPR-3273

Description

Fatal airplane crash at the smelter after a J-5 Stearman plane stalled in flight. The pilot was 24-year-old Leonard "Buzz" Clays and the co-pilot was his brother, 29-year-old Ernest Morris Clays, April 10, 1935.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Location

Smelter

City

McGill

County

White Pine County

State/Province

Nevada

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Category

Plane Crash, Smelter, Vehicles, People
Accidents/Derailments/Wrecks, Structures

Acquisition

Accession

15-KCCPR

Acquisition Method

Found

Credit Line

KCC PR Collection, NNRy Archive

Made/Created

Artist

KCC PR Department

Date made

April 10, 1935

Time Period

20th Century

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

KCC Nevada Mines Division, Leonard "Buzz" Clays, Ernest Morris Clays