Press release: Ch[eck Your] Credit*, "P & A Photos" 5011 (Los Angeles Bureau). Air Commander See Finish of Trans-Continental Race. Major General James E. Fechet, Chief of the Army Air Service arrived in Los Angles in time to see the finish of the Trans-Continental non stop flight, as the feature event of the National Aeronautical Exposition. Gen. Fechet said that an investigation would be made into the accident at Mines Field, in which Lt. J. J. Williams of the Army's "Three Musketeers" was fatally injured while stunting. Photo shows Major General James E. Fechet. (LA-FM 3) 9/13/28. [describes image ark no. 21198/zz002dd7g2]
Major General James E. Fechet stands at Mines Field to see the finish of the Trans-Continental Air Race during the National Aeronautical Exposition on September 13, 1928. Mines Field later became Los Angeles International Airport.
