This 1933 newspaper clipping documents a fatal U.S. Army aircraft accident near Petersburg, Virginia, that claimed the lives of three Washington-based officers, including a father-and-son pair, Maj. James A. Willis and his son Lieut. James A. Willis, Jr., who was piloting the aircraft. Such peacetime training and liaison flights carried real risk during the interwar Army Air Corps era, when open-cockpit biplanes remained the standard for observation and instructional duty. The clipping's preservation in a personal photo album reflects the practice of servicemen and their families keeping newspaper coverage of military events alongside their own photographs. Project: 218293