Death of a young avatar

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This file appears in: The Death of Cromwell Dixon

The crash moments after Cormwell went down. Survived crash but died an hour later.

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This file appears in: The Death of Cromwell Dixon

By Josh Bliesner
It was at this spot in 1911 that the tragic death of daredevil pilot Cromwell Dixon took place. Dixon was the youngest pilot in history. Days before, he became the first to fly over the Rocky Mountains in his Curtiss "Pusher" Model D series…