1941 Press Photo Mrs. Eddie Rickenbacker talks to reporters at the hospital

Mrs. Eddie Rickenbacker, wife of the famed flier who is president of Eastern Air Lines, was in Charlotte, N.C. when she heard he had been injured in the crash of the EAL Sleeper near here. She drove here hurriedly, over snow covered roads for a great distance. Here, Mrs. Rickenbacker talks to reporter at a hospital where her husband is given a little better than an even chance for recovery.

Photo measures 10.75 x 8.25 inches.

Photo is dated 2-27-1941.



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