| 词条 | Carl B. Squier |
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| name = Carl Brown Squier | image = Squier 01.jpg | alt = | caption = Squier in 1934 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|04|17|mf=y}} | birth_place = Decatur, Michigan, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1967|11|05|1893|04|17|mf=y}} | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | resting_place = Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery | nationality = American | other_names = | occupation = Aviation executive | known_for = | spouse = Lenna Squier (?–1938; her death) June Knight (1949-1967) (his death)[1] }} Carl Brown Squier (April 17, 1893 – November 5, 1967) was a World War I aviation pioneer and vice president of Lockheed Corporation. He sold Charles Lindbergh his Sirius airplane in 1931. He was the 13th licensed pilot in the United States. BiographyCarl Brown Squier was born in Decatur, Michigan on April 17, 1893.[2][2] On Monday, May 16, 1938 at 2:07 p.m. a new Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra was carrying Northwest Airlines and Lockheed Corporation employees and family members. The aircraft took off from Burbank Airport for Las Vegas, Nevada, where the aircraft was to be formally turned over to Northwest Airlines, and then it was to be flown to St. Paul, Minnesota to the airline's headquarters. The plane was flying in fog above the Mint Canyon when it crashed at 3,300 feet in the Sierra Pelona Mountains, 27 minutes after taking off from Burbank. All seven passengers on board, including a three-year-old boy and an infant girl, were killed instantly. Among the victims were Frederick Whittemore, 42, a pilot and vice-president of operations at Northwest Airlines, and Lenna Squier, 34, Squier's wife. Squier was in Chicago when his wife was killed. Squier died of cancer in Los Angeles on November 5, 1967.[3][4] He was buried in the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in Burbank, California. LegacySquier was inducted into the Michigan Aviation Hall of Fame on October 2, 2004.[5] References1. ^https://ahcwyo.org/2011/05/12/womans-experience-of-show-business-documented-in-june-knight-papers/ 2. ^California Death Index 3. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Ex-Lockheed Executive Carl B. Squier, 74, Dies. Was Credited With Saving Aircraft Firm From Fiscal Disaster During Depression. |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/511482922.html?dids=511482922:511482922&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Nov+06%2C+1967&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Ex-Lockheed+Executive+Carl+B.+Squier%2C+74%2C+Dies&pqatl=google |quote=Carl B. Squier, retired vice president and director of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, who was credited with saving the company from financial disaster in the depression, died Sunday. He was 74. |work=Los Angeles Times |date=November 6, 1967 |accessdate=2009-10-31 }} 4. ^{{cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Carl B. Squier, 74, Early Flier, Dies. Lockheed Sales Executive Began as Barnstormer |url=https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0910F63E5B107B93C5A9178AD95F438685F9 |quote=Carl B. Squier, one of the nation's earliest air daredevils, or barnstorming stunt pilots, who later became vice president in charge of sales for the Lockheed Aircraft Corporation, died of cancer Sunday in St. Joseph's Hospital at Burbank, Calif. He was 74 years old. |work=The New York Times |date=November 7, 1967 |accessdate=2009-10-31 }} 5. ^1 {{cite web|title=Carl B. Squier|url=http://www.airzoo.org/page.php?page_id=326|publisher=Air Zoo|accessdate=2013-03-27}} External links
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