TWA Flight 3 departed Las #Vegas, NV at 7:07pm on Jan 16, 1942 on the last leg of a trip heading for Burbank, CA. The plane leveled off at 8,000'. Unfortunately, they were six miles off course, and Mt Potosi, southwest of Las Vegas, rises to 8,517'. bit.ly/1mci0lY
Actress Carole Lombard, her mom, her agent, 15 service men, and the flight crew, a total of 22 died when TWA Flight 3 crashed in a fireball on Mt Potosi, southwest of Las Vegas, NV on the evening of Jan 16, 1942. bit.ly/2tqbOV5
Robert Matzen wrote a book on the Jan 16, 1942 crash called "Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3," published in 2017 by Goodnight Books. (The captain may not have signed the flight plan.) They provide a trailer for the book: VID: bit.ly/1y7fV1o
Carole Lombard's husband, actor Clark Gable, rushed to southern Nevada. He stayed at Goodsprings, NV awaiting word on survivors of the Jan 16, 1942 TWA crash. bit.ly/3ZIueui Gable spent much of that time at the Pioneer Saloon in Goodsprings.
Actress Carol Lombard was among 22 who died in a plane crash at Mt Potosi in southern Nevada on Jan 16, 1942. On Jan 21, 1942, a casket with her body arrived at Pomona, CA en route to Forest Lawn Cemetery in Glendale, CA. bit.ly/3aAjzZ9 Associated Press photo.
Interesting 16mm film coverage of the effort to get to the TWA Flight 3 crash site on Mt Potosi on the morning of Jan 17, 1942. Carole Lombard was among 22 who died in the crash the previous night. There were no survivors. VID: bit.ly/2D9fCto (Youtube Signin Required)
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