Lester E. Holt

Lester E. Holt (1889 – 1918)^[1] was an American pioneer aviator and later an Army instructor. He trained in the Curtiss Model D pusher type of plane.^[2][3]

For the American journalist and news anchor, see Lester Holt.

Lester E. Holt
Born	August 26, 1889 Los Angeles, California
Died	June 29, 1918 (aged 28) Dayton, Ohio
Resting place	Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Illinois
Occupation(s)	pilot, instructor
Years active	1910–1918

Death

In 1918 Holt was an Army flight instructor. He had been in the Army for four years. On June 30 at Dayton, Ohio, while flight testing an airplane, he crashed from a height of 1,200 feet. His body was crushed by the plane's engine.^[4][5][6]