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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.

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Lindbergh Gloves

Week 3: Our Online Team Researches the Details

Web Investigations Team | September 2, 2008 2:34 PM | 12 Responses

Thank you for all your contributions. A number of you have been researching the details of Frank Bescey’s story and working out some our key questions. There have been some interesting research paths taken this week. We’ve also got some closeup photos of the gloves for you that might help the investigation.

Airfield site

Roger Michael tried to verify if the Peoria airport was close to the construction of a new clubhouse and did a Mapquest search. Craig M Jones found some more detail at www.lib.niu.edu which said that the first field was small and unsafe, and a new field was built on the western side of Route 30. He wonders if this is the site described in the letter and the one found by Roger.

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