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Howard W. Gill (1882 - September 14, 1912) was a pioneer U. S. aviator from a wealthy Baltimore tea family. He died as the result of a night time mid-air collision with fellow pilot Frenchman George Mestach during a meet at Cicero Field Chicago.
CICERO FLYING FIELD; an article on the historic Chicago airfield
by Carroll Gray, aviation historian
Gill and Peck Die Needlessly at Cicero; Chicagology
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portrait of Howard Gill
and his fellow aviators (Carroll Gray collection)
Howard W. Gill Portrait
(archived)
portrait
(Mdhs; Maryland Historical Society) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Howard W. 1882 births 1912 deaths Accidental deaths in Illinois Aviators from Maryland Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1912
Howard W. Gill (1882 - September 14, 1912) was a pioneer U. S. aviator from a wealthy Baltimore tea family. He died as the result of a night time mid-air collision with fellow pilot Frenchman George Mestach during a meet at Cicero Field Chicago.
Death
Gill had been in the air September 14, 1912, in a Wright Model Ex single seater, as night was coming on. He did not want to go aloft as night was coming on but promoters of the flying meet pressured him to ascend. It was the understanding of the pilots that no two airplanes were supposed to be in the air at the same time. George Mestach was told this but went up in his Morane-Borel monoplane before Gill landed. Mestach did not see that Gill had not yet landed and collided with Gill's tail rigging. The two planes crashed, in a similar fashion to the 1910 René Thomas -Bertram Dickson
Captain Bertram Dickson RHA (21 December 1873 – 28 September 1913) was a pioneer Scottish airman and the first British serviceman to qualify as a pilot. His exploits in the air, watched by Winston Churchill and Lord Kitchener, indirec ...
crash at Milan
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. Mestach sustained cuts and bruises but survived; Gill was mortally wounded and died before getting to the hospital.by Carroll Gray, aviation historian
References
External links
(Wayback Machine)
portrait of Howard Gill
and his fellow aviators (Carroll Gray collection)
Howard W. Gill Portrait
(archived)
portrait
(Mdhs; Maryland Historical Society) {{DEFAULTSORT:Gill, Howard W. 1882 births 1912 deaths Accidental deaths in Illinois Aviators from Maryland Aviators killed in aviation accidents or incidents in the United States Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1912