Plane Crash Fatal To Former Iowan
Lt. Richard Washer, 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. Washer, Los Angeles, Cal., formerly of Des Moines, was killed at Chanute Field, Ill., friends here have learned. Lieutenant Washer only recently received his pilot wings and commission. Surviving, besides his parents, are two brothers, Jerry and Donald Washer.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, (Des Moines, Iowa) – August 7, 1945
