Piece of Crash Helmet
On December 9, 1953, workers at the L.D. McFarland pole yards were shocked when a plane appeared out of an overcast sky and crashed into the edge of the yard, throwing 30-foot poles in the air like matchsticks and shattering windows at the Lincoln School several blocks away. The jet was a Sabre F-86D fighter, attached to the 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of the 4072d Defense Wing, stationed at Geiger Field in Spokane. The pilot of the plane, Lt. Jack Thomas Crawford, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, was killed instantly. The squadron was on a "scramble" mission at the time of the crash.
Robert Selle, foreman of the treating plant at that time, found the piece of helmet and gave it to his son, Dale Selle.
Donor: Dale Selle
Adopted by:
On December 9, 1953, workers at the L.D. McFarland pole yards were shocked when a plane appeared out of an overcast sky and crashed into the edge of the yard, throwing 30-foot poles in the air like matchsticks and shattering windows at the Lincoln School several blocks away. The jet was a Sabre F-86D fighter, attached to the 445th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron of the 4072d Defense Wing, stationed at Geiger Field in Spokane. The pilot of the plane, Lt. Jack Thomas Crawford, of Lee’s Summit, Missouri, was killed instantly. The squadron was on a "scramble" mission at the time of the crash.
Robert Selle, foreman of the treating plant at that time, found the piece of helmet and gave it to his son, Dale Selle.
Donor: Dale Selle
Adopted by: