WILLY HOFER -1912

The Daily Journal and Tribune, Knoxville, Tennessee: October 1, 1912, Transcribed by Bob Davis - 6-11-04 "Another German Aviator Dead" "Sonnenburg, Germany, Sept. 30. - The death of another German army aviator, Lieutenant Hofer, occurred today. He was injured during the imperial maneuvers in Saxony when his aeroplane collided with a tree while he was making a reconnoitoring flight."

 

First Lueutenant Willy Hofer died on September 30, 1912, in a Leisnitz Rumpler Endecker Personal communication from Rene Hackstetter, 1-31-05   Editor's Note: If you have any more information on this pioneer aviator, please contact me. E-mail to Ralph Cooper   Back