being from the 34th Pursuit Squadron, and the crash site as being ten miles SW of March Field. 23 April "SANTA ROSA, April 23 - An Army aviator, Lieut. S. A. Beck, 27, of Crissy field [sic], and a woman companion, Miss Marjorie Patricia Hughes, 24, San Francisco, were killed as an airplane in which they were flying crashed near here today. The plane, an army observation craft, struck some high tension wires after the motor had apparently failed, witnesses said, ripped apart and clattered to the ground. Wreckage was scattered over a considerable distance. Lieutenant Beck, Oklahoma Baptist college [sic] graduate, whose father resides in Burbank, and Miss Hughes were found dead in the wreckage." Lt. Stephen A. Beck was flying Douglas O-25C, 32-183, c/n 1006, of the 91st Observation Squadron, out of Crissy Field. 31 May Curtiss B-2 Condor, 29-36, of the 11th Bombardment Squadron, en route from Dayton, Ohio, to March Field, California, suffers failure of one engine and is forced down two miles SE of Abilene, Texas. The Associated Press report states, "Five army aviators, en route to March field [sic], California, from Dayton, Ohio, narrowly escaped injury when their giant bomber cracked up near here (Abilene) today. The pilot was attempting to reach the Abilene airport after one of the ship's motors had cut out. The bomber lost altitude rapidly, however, and in a forced landing the right wing was clipped by a wire. A power line fell across a barbed wire fence, charging it, and a workman, running toward the plane, was slightly burned. The fliers, attached to the eleventh bombardment squadron, were Lieutenants Charles H. Howard, pilot, and John F. Mills, co-pilot; Sergeants Cecil M. Kilheffer, Harold Cooper and S. Patterson. The bomber, considerably damaged, will be dismantled and shipped to California." The Aviation Archeology website lists the co-pilot as John S. Mills. The B-2, which was delivered on 4 January 1930, will be repaired and will be surveyed at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, on 22 July 1936. 1 June Fokker C-14, 31-388, tail number '2', of the 64th Service Squadron, out of March Field, California, attempting morning flight from Riverside at 0820 hrs. to Crissy Field, San Francisco, with seven aboard, finds heavy fog in Cajon Pass, and crashes just below the summit, pancaking when the pilot hooks a wingtip in the underbrush while turning to avoid rising ground. Three soldiers