Wing Fabric from the Red Devil Johnson Airplane, 1928 Apr.-May
Scope and Contents
Piece of red wing fabric from the “Red Devil Johnson” airplane, which crashed in front of a large crowd at Johnson Field in Dayton, on May 4, 1928, killing pilot Harold J. Forshay, as well as passengers Walter Clark and Blair Cross. Original caption (on back of fabric) reads: “Piece of wing of Red Devil. Johnson Air Plane. I went up to 2000 ft. on April 12, 1928. (Pilot Forshay.) Plane crashed on May 4th at 7:30 in evening, went into nose dive killing Forshay, Clark, and Cross.”
Dates
- Creation: 1928 Apr.-May
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on accessing material in this collection.
Extent
From the Collection: 0.1 linear feet (33 items, including 28 photographs)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
General
View item online in Core Scholar: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/special_sc347/2.
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Repository
Wright State University Libraries
Special Collections and Archives
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton OH 45435-0001 USA
937-775-2092
library-archives@wright.edu
