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This season you can get involved in an exciting new History Detectives feature.
Step inside the gumshoes of a History Detective and help solve a mystery -- and it will all take place right here, live, on the History Detectives website.
Our second investigation was submitted by Kelly Mesch in Bloomington, Illinois. Kelly has a pair of aviator gloves that her grandfather's friend says Charles Lindbergh left behind during a mail drop.
Check out the investigation below.
Welcome to our second web investigation!
Kelly Mesch from Bloomington, Illinois has contacted us with an interesting mystery.
“About 10 years ago, my grandfather gave me a pair of aviation gloves given to him by his 90-year old friend, who lived in Stanford, IL. His friend claimed that in the 1920’s, when Charles Lindbergh was flying his mailing route in Illinois, his plane malfunctioned and he was forced to make an unexpected stop in the area. My grandfather’s friend was sitting on a bench and the pilot came over and sat on the bench with him and they struck up a conversation. After the pilot left, my grandfather’s friend noticed the pilot had left his gloves on the bench. He held onto the gloves and was going to return them to the pilot if he returned to the area, but he never did. He says the pilot was Charles Lindbergh, but of course, we have no way of knowing that. All we have is a signed letter from him swearing to the story. My resources are limited, so I would appreciate any help offered.”
Did these aviator gloves belong to Charles Lindbergh from his day flying a mail route in the mid 1920s?
Did an Italian Can Can dancer keep a scrapbook of letters from Wild West characters like Buffalo Bill and other western ephemera?
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