Kern County Obituaries

R.W. Hickman

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 5 Oct 1944

MARINES DIE IN AIRPLANE CRASH
Two Marine flyers, a pilot and an enlisted man, were killed in the crash of an advanced 
training plane near Rosamond late Sunday afternoon 
The plane, piloted by Second Lieutenant Clifford O. Wilson, was on a test hop and 
failed to come out of a dive.  A board of inquiry has been appointed at the Marine Corps 
Air Station at Mojave to determine the cause
Lieutenant Wilson's home was at 1455 Union Street, San Francisco, Calif., where his 
mother Mrs. Nelta V. Wilson, lives. The plane's other occupant was Corporal R. W. 
Hickman, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hickman, 421 Sylvan Road, Lake Bluff, Ill. The 
corporal's wife, Mrs. Josephine Hickman, resides at 122 Elwood Ave, Evanston, Ill. His 
brother, Corporal Wesley W Hickman is a member of a fighter squadron at the Mojave 
Station.