Iowa State Trooper pilot Lance Dietsch, and Trooper Stanley Gerling were killed in an airplane accident, while they searched for an elderly man who had wondered off. The troopers were about to call of the search when they spotted the man in a soybean field. They began circling, when the airplane suddenly turned, and crashed vertically into the ground.
Trooper pilot Dietsch had served with the Iowa State Patrol for 6 years.
Trooper pilot Dietsch had served with the Iowa State Patrol for 6 years.
Iowa State Trooper pilot Lance Dietsch, and Trooper Stanley Gerling were killed in an airplane accident, while they searched for an elderly man who had wondered off. The troopers were about to call of the search when they spotted the man in a soybean field. They began circling, when the airplane suddenly turned, and crashed vertically into the ground.
Trooper pilot Dietsch had served with the Iowa State Patrol for 6 years.
Trooper pilot Dietsch had served with the Iowa State Patrol for 6 years.
Inscription
IOWA STATE PATROL Trooper Pilot 142 He Flies in Perfect Freedom Inducted into the Police Hall of Fame "He lost his life on a Mission of Mercy" Police Medal of Honor Recipient
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement
