Person:Lowell Sinclair (1)

According to his death certificate, he died an airplane accident about 12 miles east of Palmer, Alaska. Cause of death was: traumatic shock, fractured skull, compound fracture of the right and left tibula and fibula. Also a compound fracture of the right ulna and radius. This means both legs and his right arm were broken.

Her was a veteran of World War II. At the time of his death he was an aircraft mechanic for Alaska Airlines.

Anchorage Daily Times, Anchorage, Alaska, Thursday, August 18, 1949, page 1.

"Two Are Killed In Plane Crash On Goat Hunt"

Bodies of two Alaska Airlines mechanics, killed Tuesday when their Monocoupe crashed 12 miles east of Palmer, were being evacuated today by a trail crew of the 10th Rescue Squadron. The dead men are, Wilbur Carroll, pilot, and Lee Sinclair. They had taken off from Merritt field Tuesday in Carroll's plane to scout goats for a hunting trip they planned later. Their crushed plane was first sighted late yesterday by a B-17. Alaska Airlines had notified the rescue unit yesterday morning that the men were overdue after an AA Cesna piloted by Pat Bliss had failed to locate the wreckage. The plane was found halfway between the Matanuska River and Knick glacier in wild country. A helicopter, piloted by Lt. William A. Weed, landed two flight surgeons, Lt. Col. Robert C. Love and Lt. G. A. Gulan, at the scene. They found the plane occupants dead. The rescue unit trio stayed near the wreck overnight. At 5:30 a.m. today another helicopter was sent in with two members of a trail crew. Additional trail crewmen were flown in to Palmer airport and shuttled into the bush by helicopter. Carroll's body will be taken to Bly's Funeral Chapel. He is survived by two children living here. Sinclair is survived by a wife and three children.

Anchorage Daily Times, Anchorage, Alaska, Friday, August 19, 1949, page 1.

"Kin To Take Bodies Outside"

Wives of Wilbur Carroll and Lee Sinclair, Alaska Airline employes killed Tuesday when their Monocoupe crashed east of Palmer, will leave Anchorage Sunday to accompany the bodies to the Midwest for burial. There will be services beforehand for both victims at Bly's Funeral chapel. The Rev. Joseph Walsh of the Anchorage Catholic church will lead a rosary service for Mr. Carroll at 8 p.m. today at the chapel. Mrs. Carroll and her two young daughters, Mary Jeanette and Bonny June, will accompany the body to St. Joseph, Mo. for burial. Other survivors include Mr. Carroll's mother, Mrs. HArizonael Carroll of St. Joseph; an aunt, Miss Mary Carroll of San Francisco; and two brothers, James and William Carroll, both of St. Joseph. Anchorage services for Mr. Sinclair, who came here four years ago, will be held at 3 p.m. tomorrow at Bly's chapel with the rev. M. L. Miles officiating. His body will be taken to Dayton, O. for burial. Mrs. Sinclair and her three children, Nancy, Shirley Ann and David Lowell Sinclair, will return to Dayton. Both crash victims were mechanics with Alaska Airlines. Wreckage of their plane was first sighted Wednesday by a B-17 and the 10th Rescue Squadron flew in a helicopter with two flight surgeons aboard. Bodies of the men were evacuated yesterday by the 10th Rescue Squadron trail crew.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Coup Genealogical Chart by Lucy Hall Pancoast, May 1959. Copy in the possession of William A. Coup, Boca Raton.
2. ↑ Charts from Eugene Stanley, Xenia, Ohio to William A. Coup, Boca Raton, Florida 24 May 1999.
3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 United States Government, Department of Commerce and Labor, Bureau of the Census. 1930 Census, Ohio, Warren County, Clear Creek Township - Emerson Sinclair. (Name: 1930 Census, Series T626, Roll 1890, Page 22; Ohio, Warren County, Clear Creek Township, 31 May 1930, Supervisor's District 16, Enumeration District 83-2, Sheet 17B, Line 90, 567 Lytle Five Point Road, Dwelling 389, Family 398;).
4. ↑ ^4.0 4.1 Alaska, Territory of Alaska, Standard Certificate of Birth, U.S. Commissioner's No. 3713, Book 11, page 5713,.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2} Letter from Ladonna Stanley, Wilmington, Ohio to William A. Coup, Boca Raton, Florida 30 May 2000.
6. ↑ E-mail from Shirley Sinclair, Greenville, Ohio to William A. Coup, Boca Raton, Florida 15 November 2000.
7. ↑ Alaska, Territory of Alaska, Standard Certificate of Death, Registrar's No. 227, recorded in Book 2, page 128,.