Incident Name:
Date: 9/15/1958
Personnel: George Jess
Age: 46
Agency/Organization: US Forest Service
Position: aerial firefighter
Summary:
On September 15, 1958 George Jess died piloting and spotting or fighting a fire in Lake County CA. Details are not known. Please fill us in if you know. Our meager info comes from death records, his name on the Airtanker Pilot’s Memorial and Chuck Bushey’s research of NIFC records, 1955-1957.
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Lake County, CA
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- Concise Information — research by the WLF Staff and Bushy:
- 9/15/1958
- 1 killed, George Jess
- Operator: unknown
- Type: Make and model unknown
- Location: Lake County, CA
- FAA Registration: none available
- NTSB #: none available
- For information if it becomes available consult the NTSB online lookup Utility
- California Death Index: George Jess
Name: George Jess
Event Type: DeathEvent Date: 15 Sep 1958
Event Place: Lake, California, United States
Birth Date: 18 May 1912
Birthplace: Texas
Gender: Male
Father’s Name: Jess
Mother’s Name: Helstein
Age: 46
- US Social Security Death Index: George Jess
Given Name: George
Surname: Jess
Social Security Number: 52x-28-xx73
State: Arizona
Event Date: September 1958
- Airtanker Pilots memorial: George Jess
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