Pickels, George
Person
Biographical Information
George Pickels was a Council on Aviation Accreditation (CAA) student at Purdue University, a program offered through the Department of Aviation Technology. He was from Evansville, Indiana. Pickels died in a plane crash in 1940.
Citation:
"CAA pilot loses life in plane crash." (18 September 1940). Purdue Exponent. Purdue University Archives and Special Collections, Purdue University Libraries. Retrieved from: https://historicalnewspapers.lib.purdue.edu/?a=d&d=PE19400918-01.1.1&srpos=1&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-george+pickels-------1Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Robert Lanson Dunham papers on George Pickels
Collection — Communal collections box 86
Identifier: MSS 3
Scope and Contents
Materials include one black and white photograph of Pickels with three other men at the Purdue University Airport. One of the men is Robert Lanson Dunham, roommate of Pickels. Also included is a clipping from the Purdue Exponent discussing Pickels's death.
Dates:
ca. 1940