WWII

TWENTY-FOUR DIE IN THREE ARMY PLANE CRASHES

VICTORIA, Tex., Jan. 25--Lt. Ivor Kitterman, 24, Cadet Grant Stidham, 22, and Pvt. Phillip F. Todd, were killed Sunday in the collision near Matagorda of two planes in a routine flight.

Kitterman was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Kitterman, Ottumwa, Iowa. Todd's parents were listed as Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Todd, Atlantic City, N.J.; and those of Stidham as Mr. and Mrs. S.P. Stidham, Cincinnati, O.

Source: San Antonio Express, San Antonio, Texas, Tuesday morning, January 26, 1943

OTTUMWAN KILLED IN AIR ACCIDENT

Victoria, Tex.--Lieut. Ivor Kitterman, 24, son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy Kitterman of Ottumwa, Ia., was killed on routine flight from Aloe Field Monday when two planes collided. Priv. Phillip F. Todd of Atlantic City, N.J., and Cadet Grant Stidham of Cincinnati, O., also were killed in the collision. 

Source: Muscatine Journal & News-Tribune, Tuesday, January 26, 1943