MORRIS LEACH
1957 - 1958
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC
DEN


MORRIS A. LEACH
DEN aircraft mechanic
Died 6/30/58
DOB 1926
DOH 1/57
per the We Remember database dated 4/11/09.
Nothing at SSDI.
-Jake Lamkins
(1/9/13)

AIRLINES MECHANIC KILLED BY PROPELLER
DENVER (AP) 
An airlines mechanic walked into the spinning propeller 
of a DC airliner Monday night was decapitated.
The victim was Morris A Leach, 32, of Derby.  
He had been employed by Frontier Airlines about a year. 
Frontier officials said Leach was testing the plane for pre-flight.  
The two-engine aircraft had just been fitted with a new engine.
An unidentified inspector was at at the controls of the plane.
He said Leach appeared to step directly into the propeller.
The victim was married and the father of year-old daughter.
Greeley Daily Tribune Tuesday, July 01, 1958
-http://newspaperarchive.com/greeley-daily-tribune/1958-07-01/page-5
(1/9/13)

Nothing on Morris in the FL newsletters I have which include Aug 1958.
But I do not have Jul 1958 in which it may have appeared.
Did not know Morris was a ramp accident until this week
when I found the newspaper accounts online.
-Jake Lamkins
(1/11/13)

Posted at FLacebook and the FL Club:
DEN aircraft mechanic Morris Leach's memorial webpage has been upgraded.
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Morris_Leach.html
Found several items on Morris including a news
account of his death on the DEN ramp.
Post any info you have on Morris and his tragic death.
-Jake Lamkins
(1/11/13)

FLacebook post after DC-3 pic
John Thaemert 
Didn't someone walk into the prop while working for Frontier or not?
Don White 
Yes.
Gary Wingert 
To pick up his cap, when it blew off, is the story I remember?
Jake Lamkins 
Morris Leach, DEN mechanic, was the one who was killed on the DEN ramp by a DC-3 prop on 6/30/58, age 32.
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Morris_Leach.html
(9/9/20)

Morris Albert Leach
Spouse:	
Father:	Wilmer Adelbert Leach
Mother:	Florence Cora Wilder
Children:	
Birth:	29 Apr 1926 Hudson, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA
Death:	1958 Denver, Denver, Colorado, USA
Residence:	1935 Orleans, Orleans, Vermont, USA
-https://www.ancestrylibrary.com/search/
(9/10/20)

Morris A Leach
in the U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995
Name:	Morris A Leach
Gender:	Male
Residence Year:	1954
Street Address:	31 Howard 
Residence Place:	San Mateo, California, USA
Occupation:	Machinist
Spouse:	Gertrude M Leach
Publication Title:	San Mateo, California, City Directory, 1954
-https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/
(9/16/20)

FLacebook - FL Club
Frontier Memorial Webpage Updated
MORRIS LEACH
1957 - 1958
AIRCRAFT MECHANIC
DEN
http://FAL-1.tripod.com/Morris_Leach.html
Still need an obituary and photo for Morris.
He was killed on the DEN ramp in 1958.
-Jake Lamkins
(9/17/20)