Wreckage of Lieutenant Browne Clement's crashed Army plane lies in a grain field, Monterey Park, 1936

Title: Wreckage of Lieutenant Browne Clement's crashed Army plane lies in a grain field, Monterey Park, 1936
Date Created: April 4, 1936
Date: 1936-04-04
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Collection: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: A different photograph of the same plane crash appears with the caption, "Propeller Comes Off, Wrecking Airplane Wreckage of Lieut. Browne Clement's' army pursuit plane in grain field at Monterey Park with March Field mechanics disassembling it for return to airport. Propeller shown in foreground was retrieved from front yard 500 yards away. Times photo," Los Angeles Times, 05 Apr. 1936: 2
A grain field in Monterey Park stretches across the foreground and back through the image. In the near distance at center, the wreckage of Lieutenant Browne Clement's aircraft lies crumpled on the ground. Along part of the plane, it reads, "52." The tail of the plane sits hidden behind a group of several investigators, who stand in a cluster to the right of the aircraft. Beyond the wreckage site, the field extends into the distance and towards 2 low mountains that rise at far left and far right.
This photograph is related to the article, "Death Ends Honeymoon: CRASH KILLS ARMY FLYER Plane Propeller Comes Off, Wrecking Wing, and Ship Goes Into Spin," Los Angeles Times, 05 Apr. 1936: 1
Caption: Handwritten text from negative sleeve: 3321 - Army plane crash at Monterey Park. Plane crash cra[?]e: de[?]lict back one a[?]ter. 4-4-36 [date stamp:] APR 14 1936

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Clement, Browne, 1908-1936
Location: Monterey Park (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Military vehicles--American--California--Monterey Park
Debris--California--Monterey Park
Aircraft--American--California--Monterey Park
Aircraft accidents--California--Monterey Park
Death

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_12293
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002h89v5
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