Stearman C-3 crash, Jun 18, 1933 (3 killed), Big Bear Lak...

Stearman C-3 accident on June 18, 1933 near Big Bear Lake California, United States with 3 fatalities.

Director and actor Harry Sweet and two passengers, Claudette Ford and Howard Davitt, died when a private aircraft crashed into Big Bear Lake, California, at about 7:15 pm on 18 June 1933 while Sweet was scouting filming locations. The coroner found that Sweet drowned and that both passengers died of fractured skulls.

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