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Lombard in Indiana, January 1942, shortly before her death in a plane crash. When the U.S. entered World War II, Lombard traveled to her home state of Indiana for a war bond rally with her mother and Clark Gable's press agent, Otto Winkler. Lombard raised more than $2 million in defense bonds in a single evening.
On the morning of January 16, 1942, at 4:00 local time, actress Carole Lombard, her mother, Clark Gable's press agent, and her MGM press agent boarded Flight 3 in Indianapolis. Lombard, eager to meet her husband Clark Gable in Los Angeles, was returning from a successful war bond promotion tour in the Midwest, where she helped raise over $2 ...
William Clark Gable was born on February 1, 1901, in Cadiz, Ohio, to William Henry "Will" Gable (1870–1948), an oil-well driller, [4] [5] and his wife Adeline (née Hershelman). His father was a Protestant and his mother a Catholic.
Nashville and Middle Tennessee have had their fair share of plane crashes, the majority of which involved small, private planes. Plane crashes in Nashville, Middle Tennessee: A look back at some ...
A tragic plane crash near Interstate 40 in Nashville that claimed the lives of five people is still under investigation.. The single engine plane flying from Kentucky crashed shortly before 7:45 p ...
Between 15-20 people are on site collecting parts of the plane for transport to a secure facility in Springfield, Tennessee. The crash happened in the area of Bending Chestnut Road and Davis ...
All aboard the flight were killed. Army officials offered to honor Lombard with a complete military funeral but Gable chose to respect her wishes and opted for a simple, private funeral. After his wife's burial in California, Clark Gable joined the Army Air Corps and flew B-17 missions from England. Lombard was recognized by the Hollywood ...
Crash investigators study the wreckage of a small plane crash just west of mile marker 202 on I-40 in Nashville, Tenn., Monday, March 4, 2024.