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( Roy Oberg - 5/3/2006)
Hello Don, Here are the scans of some of my Bill Fischer photos taken in July/Aug of 1948. These were
taken at the Davis Airport in East Lansing, MI. The airport was owned by Art Davis. Art was flying Airshows with Duane and Marion Cole along with Johnny Vasey and Bill Fischer. I was
instructing at Art's airport at the time of the Airshow.
The Fischer crash photos are out of the Detroit Free Press of April 26th of 1949. I will send some stuff to
Barry Taylor also. I have not come across my Hannaford letter but I know it's around someplace in my "stuff" as I saw it not too long ago. Roy
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Right Above, Center & Below - Four Photos of NX29111 and admiring crowd at Davis Airport, East Lansing, MI. Note: Bill's name painted upside down on the right side view of the third photo. Also note that the exhaust system has changed for the C-85-8FJ engine installation that was completed in May 1948. Photos by Roy Oberg, circa July/August 1948.
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Below - Note Johnny Vassey's plane in the background of the photo. Photo by Roy Oberg, July/August 1948.
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Right - Bill Fischer towing NX29111 at Davis Airport, East Lansing, MI. You can clearly see the Aeronca or Cessna 140 (?) landing gear and center exhaust pipe as mentioned by Dan Rhinehart on the previous page. Photo by Roy Oberg, July/August 1948.
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Below - Associated Wire Press photos of Bill Fischer and fatal crash of NX29111 at Jackson, Mississippi air showw. Photos appeared in Detroit Free Press 26 April, 1949. Photos courtesy of Roy Oberg..
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