Los Angeles, Aug. 2—Lieut. Orm Locklear, famous “stunt” aviator and his assistant, Lieut. Milton Elliott were instantly killed here Monday when their airplane fell a thousand feet as they were making an exhibition flight.
According to witnesses, Locklear, who was flying with fireworks blazing from his machine either was blinded by them or searchlights on the ground and misjudged his altitude when he went into a nose dive, crashing before he realized he was close to earth.
Locklear, a native of Fort Worth, Texas, was an aviation instructor during the war. He was generally credited with originating the feat of changing from one plane to another in mid-air. Elliott was born in Gadsden, Alabama.