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TWA Flight 3 crashed into Potosi Mountain in Nevada, killing actress Carole Lombard and all of the other 21 people on board.
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TWA Flight 3
1942 DC-3 crash in SW Nevada
TWA Flight 3 was a twin-engine Douglas DC-3-382 propliner, registration NC1946, operated by Transcontinental and Western Air (TWA) as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from New York, New York, to Burbank, California, in the United States, via several stopovers including Las…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Potosi Mountain (Nevada)
Mountain in Nevada, United States
Potosi Mountain is approximately 30 miles (50 km) southwest of Las Vegas in the Spring Mountains of Clark County, southern Nevada, United States. It is also called Double Up Mountain and Olcott Peak. Its main bedrock is limestone.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Nevada
U.S. state
Nevada is a landlocked state in the Western United States. Nevada is also sometimes placed in the Mountain West and Southwestern United States. It borders Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Carole Lombard
American actress (1908–1942)
Carole Lombard was an American actress, particularly noted for her energetic, often off-beat roles in screwball comedies. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Lombard 23rd on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)