The Snapshots in Time Collection
Newspaper Clipping: "Marine Lieutenant Killed in Crash" — 2nd Lt. Charles Lowry McCallister
A period newspaper clipping reports the death of Second Lieutenant Charles Lowry McCallister, USMC, killed when his fighter aircraft crashed during a routine training flight at Marine Corps Air Station Goleta, California. Such accidents were a sobering, often overlooked cost of wartime pilot training, claiming lives even far from combat. Project: 218326