“Either one man or three of us were going to die; what would you have done?” he asked a Toronto Star reporter. ( Toronto Star )Within minutes, things got ugly in the cabin as Koenecke demanded the veteran airman perform flying stunts. “I grabbed the fire extinguisher and struck out,” he said, but the first blow hit Davis by mistake. I hit him until he stopped fighting …” In his account to newsmen, he said he hit Koenecke as many as 10 times. The death of Brooklyn Dodger's outfielder Len Koenecke was covered by the Toronto Star on Sept. 17, 1935.

Source: thestar September 28, 2017 10:52 UTC