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Marvin Edward Bales

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Marvin Edward Bales Veteran

Birth
Utica, Livingston County, Missouri, USA
Death
10 May 1943 (aged 22)
Fort Stockton, Pecos County, Texas, USA
Burial
Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Blk 11
Memorial ID
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Marvin E. Bales was married to Verna D. Bales.
Marvin E. Bales member of the upper class of primary cadets in training at Gibbs Field was killed Monday at 9:30 when his plane crashed from a fairly high altitude at a point 8 miles west of Fort Stockton, just north of Leon Lake and Highway 290. Bales was practicing spins while on a solo flight and failed to pull out of the spin and spun into a crash landing, reported Capt. James W. Dietrich, Jr. Gibbs Field commanding officer.
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Dotty
Marvin E. Bales was married to Verna D. Bales.
Marvin E. Bales member of the upper class of primary cadets in training at Gibbs Field was killed Monday at 9:30 when his plane crashed from a fairly high altitude at a point 8 miles west of Fort Stockton, just north of Leon Lake and Highway 290. Bales was practicing spins while on a solo flight and failed to pull out of the spin and spun into a crash landing, reported Capt. James W. Dietrich, Jr. Gibbs Field commanding officer.
Contributor:
Dotty

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