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OCR Page 1 of 115EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
BUREAU OF THE BUDGET
JUN
WASHINGTON, 25, D. C.
JUN 11 1946
My dear Mr. Latta:
On June 7, 1946, you advised this office that H.R. 4338, "For the
relief of Anna Blanchard and others, had been received at the White
House and requested reports and recommendations as to the approval of
the bill.
The purpose of this omnibus bill is to pay to 29 of the 32 claimants
named therein the respective amounts set forth in the bill, as compensa-
tion for property damage sustained by them as a result of a crash of two
Army airplanes in Jacksonville, Florida, on July 20, 1944, and to pay the
remaining three claimants named therein compensation for personal injuries
and medical expenses incurred by them, growing out of this same accident.
The amount of the property damage and personal injury awards proposed for
payment totals $23,633.45.
It appears that on July 20, 1944, at about 7 a.m., two Army airplanes,
one piloted by Second Lt. James R. Cope, Air Corps, and the other by
Second Lt. John K. Egar, Air Corps, took off from Pinellas Army Air Field,
Florida, on an official training flight. Forty minutes later both airplanes
crashed in Jacks onville, Florida, approximately 180 air-miles away. When
first observed over Jacksonville, the two planes were flying at approxi-
mately 400 miles per hour, about 100 feet from the ground, and between
100 and 200 feet apart. Both planes were headed westerly in the direction
of the home of Lt. Egar's mother, who resided at 2754 Post Street.
Lt. Egar's plane, after passing over the area of his mother's house,
struck the uppermost branches of a pine tree, approximately 60 feet tall,
at 2786 Post Street, on the south side of said street. At about the same
time Lt. Cope's plane struck some trees on the north side of Post Street.
Apparently at this time Lt. Egar lost control of his plane, continued
across James Street, and sheared off approximately 10 feet of a second
tall tree on the southwest corner of Post and James Streets, then angled
to the right across Post Street and topped approximately six feet from a
third pine tree about 15 feet east of 2893 Post Street, nosed downward
and sheared off a portion of the roof of an apartment house on the north-
west corner of Post and Rubel Streets, and then crashed into the rear
addition of the one-story residence at 2919 Post Street. The fuselage
disintegrated, burst into flames, and scattered westward. The engine
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