Kern County Obituaries

George W. Pratt

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Source Unknown; 29 May 1952

Private Plane Crash Kills Two
A pilot and. a passenger of a light private plane lost their lives as a result of a crash 
at Ridgecrest Airport, Monday evening at 6:.30 PM. The pilot, Verne Disney and the 
passenger, George W. Pratt. were both civilian employees of the China Lake Naval 
Test Station.
Mr. and Mrs. B. W. Keller, eye witnesses to the accident, stated that they had 
stopped to watch the plane landing, but it overshot the runway, banked over sharply 
and went into a dive. Both men were thrown clear of the plane but were pronounced 
D.O.A. at the Ridgecrest Hospital.