Clark Gable & Carole Lombard Her Plane Crash in 1942 Story The Spa Guy Long #90
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- This video is about The Spa Guy taking you to see the place where Clark Gable waited as the body of his wife carole Lombard was recovered from Mt Potosi after the airplane crash she passed in on January 16th 1942..
Pioneer Saloon
310 W Spring Street
P.O. Box 633
Goodsprings, NV 89019
Phone: (702) 874-9362
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Thank you so much for what you do. Your so kind and respectful of the places and people that have passed on. It is always an adventure when I watch your videos. I loved Carole Lombard in the movies and thought she was really beautiful and talented. It's just so sad that young people die so tragically. Stay safe in your adventures.
I knew the history and the place to read it in biography. I love the stories you tell, from Elvis or from great actors like Clark Gable and Carol Lombard from the history of cinema. As a Spaniard, watching these landscapes makes me think when Spanish conquerors discovered these lands and gave them names 500 years ago. Greetings from Spain.
I enjoyed watching this video. Never knew Clark Gable's story of his time in our military. He, Elvis, and all these Old School Entertainers have my deepest respect and admiration for answering the call to setve our country.
Spa Guy, as always brilliant.
You are awesome man, providing this authentic history!
There you go again, keeping History alive. Another great video! You be careful hiking around in the desert. Be sure to wear protective shoes, etc. because of the rattlesnakes. They can be anywhere. You are just amazing in what you find. Thanks, Billy! You are truly one of a kind!
The fact that Carole Lombard's name is misspelled on that memorial wall I find very odd. There is NO excuse for it. Clearly, they were big fans of her (not), and they could care less and mostly likely didn't even bother to read the newspaper clippings they have on their own walls (newspapers whom I sure BOTHERED to spell her name correctly. People today are something else.
It's mispelled, too, at the Museum of WW2 in New Orleans. Why is it so difficult to correct? She deserves respect.
It's "couldn't care less". Not "could care less".
I always learn something new with Spa Guy's videos! Thank you for sharing your adventures!
So sad , but a very interesting story ! I've never heard of this before . Thanks for sharing !!
Happy Valentines Day to you and your family Spa Guy !!
The crash site was on property owned by retired film stars and residents Rex Bell and Clara Bow. Rex was the leader of the search party.
Carole Lombard, her mother Bessie and Clarke Gables Agent flipped a coin whether to fly or take a train. Bessie had never flown before. The agent got air sickness. Carole wanted to get home sooner. She won the coin toss. Plane C3. Flight 3. Carole was 33 and 3 months old. May they all Rest In Peace.
Diana Kinnison - and 33 miles sw from takeoff at McCarran AP
I have also read that Bessie followed numerology and had a bad feeling about the flight. This crash was tragic.
Sooo interesting, love the videos you make and love the history you tell, keep up the awsome work you do, STAY TIGHT
Thank you so much. I really enjoyed this video. You have a wonderful speaking voice. I love your accent. This was so interesting and fun to watch.
And she would've never gotten onto that plane had she been more reassured by Clark that he wasn't screwing around with Lana Turner . I highly recommend the book Fireball: Carole Lombard and The Mystery of Flight 3 by Robert Matzen . It also honors the other victims lives on the flight with her and details everything you may want to know.
I read that book. It's a good read.
rhoads' girl That’s Matzen’s version, but I’m afraid that part of the book is tabloid fiction.
She was on a war bond tour for the government and was on her way back to Clarke and it had nothing to do with him screwing around
Nevada is not pronounced all fancy it’s just plain ol Nevada.
@@drtonyhaworth6287
Yes it did!
Clark was a woman magnet and was known for this. Carole knew this but clark was a private man who did not express himself well. Carlie was increasingly frustrated with this part of his personality. She feared Clark and the young starlet might b having an affair. She chose to get home quicker than the train. Whether he was or not Clark adored Carole and would never jeopardize his marriage. Carole was the best that happened to him and he knew it.
this was a great video, looking forward to a follow-up of maybe the actual accident site
Billy, you sure get around. You need a GPS tracker attached to you so your wife can find you. Thanks for another good video.
Another fantastic video Spa Guy! Great work!
It is too bad that they misspelled Carole Lombard’s name in the wall memorial. She once famously said, “The ‘e’ made all the f%cking difference.”
First thing I noticed too.
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I’ve watched other videos on it too but I can’t wait for your next one , you have have a nack for finding hidden gems , thank you
Thank You for the encouragement Rhonda.. I really enjoy making these videos and finding interesting things and sharing them..
Meravigliosi. Carol bellissima e bravissima. Un riverente omaggio ad una grande artista e una eroina per il suo paese.
Clark cable was a real man !!
Awesome video, Billy. I had no idea about the history of this sad event. You're right, Gable and Reagan were bad A's. :)
Great job as always spa guy
That mention of rattlesnakes would make me not want to go up there
I love this video. Thanks.
outstanding.
Interesting and good video,Thanks
Another wonderful video
Thank You Rhonda.. I plan to go to the crash site next time I go.. They say it is a tough climb but I can do it..
Learning something new again, great video (spy guy))
Awesome video!!! No idea it was so close to Vegas. Very informative 😊
Rushing home to see her husband. She was going to be bumped off the flight by a war priority military soldier but refused supposedly. Was the plane overloaded? Is her wedding band shown in the picture still missing? Gable was said to be very distraught about it never being recovered.
Carole’s wedding band has been found.
@@patriciabilinkas3911I just saw another video of some guy who found it, along with several other person items. They all need to be returned to what remaining family there is, OR, put it at her and Gable's burial tomb in the cemetery.
Love your video and the story and photos. Such a tragic story. You gotta new subscriber!
Thank You Linda!!
It's my ultimate number 1 on my bucket list to ride a Harley through the Nevada Desert at sunset. Along with visiting Graceland, and Elvis's birthplace etc. Thankyou for showing us these amazing places xx
Cool, mine is to do it in the back of a stretch limo , while drinking ice cold Asti and munching on a chocolate Cannoli .
@@Jay-vr9ir Good luck !!
GREAT VIDEO ENJOYED VERY INTERESTING SPA GUY ❤
Very interesting history video Billy, thanks for sharing with us. :-)
Excellent video my friend
All your videos are interesting.
Very interesting video. There's a place like the Pioneer Saloon at Apache junction, AZ. that I've visited. But it looks like the Pioneer has it beat. Would love to visit there. Thanks for this great video.
Interesting, informative video. Thanks for sharing.
Did you ever get to the crash site?
I visited it in March...Strenuous
Awesome. Just awesome!!!
I'm slowly catching up )) with your videos spy guy
Thank you Mr. Billy Stallings for another very interesting story. I have heard this story about Ms Carol Lombard and Mr. Clark Gable before. A sad tragic accident. A interesting place. A hole in the wall, lol ! Mr. James Stewart, Mr. Clark Gable and Mr. Tyrone Powers all left Hollywood and joined the Air Force to serve in WWII. I thank them and may they RIP. Mr. John Wayne served also. I had heard that late President Reagan signed Mr. Gable's discharge papers. We sure don't have those patriot types on the most part out of communist CRYBABY liberal Hollyweird today. Happy Valentine's Day to you, your wife, Ms Lorie, and your daughter. Have a blessed day. Tighten up.
Lyn You are right if a Hollywood actor had to fight today we would all be in trouble.. Blessings, Spa Guy
john wayne was a phoney patriot and did not serve. and clark gable supported roosevelt. james stewart dropped the repubs after they used the death of his son political purposes. and libs like henry fonda, paul newman james garner did serve, s did john kennedy. as did my liberal dad. dang you need to learn how to use the internet and stop labeling people.
what is with the rights lack of knowledge about how to look things up on the internet. liberals did serve and did so with honor. so stop the phony blessings. youre spreading hate and lies
Another winner Billy.
I like "The Spa Guy". If you ever go up to Mt. Potosi, hold your camera real still, and try to get some video, of the actual impact point. Not "somewhere up there"...but the actual damage impact marks. There's GOT TO BE some evidence of exactly where TWA Flight 3 hit. And you mentioned they rode horses up that mountain, to see the crash site...I guess a truck or some kinda vehicle picked up the wings, and other parts. On January 16th,1942, there would have been plenty of trucks to carry those parts away...I wonder where? And what about the Wedding Ring? Is it true? Did Carole Lombard lose a ring up there, never found? And what about the person that lost a left arm. Could that be Carole's? Could that support the lost ring story? You have an exciting channel! Thanks again, for an exciting night with "The Spa Guy"!
I plan to make the trip one day..
The band playing Iron Butterflys 18 minute opus "In a gadda da vida" must be a trippy place.
There was also a plane crash near the peak of mt Charleston in the fifties I believe. Still a little debris up there. Easier to get to than the Lombard site. I wouldn’t try that one.
I have a radio relay component from that plane. I worked for Mt Charleston USFS through a caveat program for most of my career. I often hiked the trails as we worked on them. I was on the ridge line on the South loop trail that leads past that crash sight. My girl needed to release herself so I took the chance to do the same. As I was going, I looked down and saw a piece of shined metal. I picked it up and it was clearly made of aircraft aluminum and was clearly from the 50-60s. Knowing the history of the crash I sent pictures of the RCA serial number tag on the device and emailed the curator of the NV atomic testing museum. They confirmed it was from the plane. I figure some tried to hike it out long ago and abandoned it along the way. It’s about 3”x3” interesting.
Admiral Yamamoto drew up detailed plans to attack Mt. Potosi but was foiled because they turned that damn light off.
He was a Courageous, Man.
Clark Gable’s hangout at the Pioneer Saloon is a popular myth. Clark & his MGM entourage had bungalow’s at the El Rancho Vegas on Highway 91 where he had some privacy. The media mob used Pioneer as their base camp. If the burn marks on the bar are legit then they were made by reporters.
There are still pieces and parts up on the mountain RIP
The Potosi Mountain where the plane crash happened is 45 minutes away from that bar.
No it is right behind the bar I drive to the foot of the mountain in one of these videos.. it is about 7-8 lies at the most..
@@weeklyspaguy you mean 7 -8 miles? I've been to the pioneer saloon 3 times. i love it. I only know the crash site from the internet maps
Thanks for the tutorial interesting information. Safe travels to you my friend. Marticia Buckner
I bet the Pawn Shop guys frequent this place. I am first finding out about its history.
90% people of those customers there probably didn’t give a shit about the Carole Lombard memorial on the wall. The owners need to spell her name correctly too!
Tell the Pioneer people she was CAROLE Lombard, not Carol.
There are parts of the plane still up there, made the laborious hike up there in the 90s, did not know or appreciate the entire history of the crash, if it had been a modern crash they would have collected every piece.
Great vid
Was there any record of Clark Gable flying missions where he actually fired a gun against an enemy, or was this all publicity photos?
Although he was beyond the draft age at the time the U.S. entered World War II, Clark Gable enlisted as a private in the AAF on Aug. 12, 1942, at Los Angeles. He attended the Officers' Candidate School at Miami Beach, Fla., and graduated as a second lieutenant on Oct. 28, 1942. He then attended aerial gunnery school, and in February 1943, on personal orders from Gen. Hap Arnold, he went to England to make a motion picture of aerial gunners in action.
He was assigned to the 351st Bomb Group at Polebrook and although neither ordered nor expected to do so, flew operational missions over Europe in B-17s to obtain the combat film footage he believed was required for producing the movie, titled "Combat America."
Gable returned to the U.S. in October 1943 and was relieved from active duty as a major on June 12, 1944, at his own request, since he was over-age for combat. Because his motion picture production schedule made it impossible for him to fulfill his AAF Reserve officer duties, he resigned his commission on Sept. 26, 1947.
It is a paragraph from Wikipedia regarding to the fatal flight. The book My Lunches with Orson, Orson Welles claims that he had been told by a security agent that the aircraft was shot down by Nazi agents who knew of the route in advance.[13] He also claimed that the shooting was hushed up to prevent vigilante action against Americans with German ancestry.[13] This theory has been questioned by Robert Matzen in his book Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3.[14]
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TWA_Flight_3
The wreckage is up against the mountain and I doubt Nazi Agents could be in Nevada in 1942 they were busy on Europe.. Interesting thought though..
I thought you would encounter a rattlesnake walking around the abandoned building.
I live out there in sandy valley
It is easier as you are American to check documents from that time. Big hug.
great story this is news to me about C. Gable joining the military , really enjoyed this one .
Great video....thanks.
Get a drone and take pictures would probly get good pictures try it.
What actually caused the crash?
I covered that in the video the red beacon on the mountain top was turned off because they were afraid the Japanese would attack the wets coast.. Pearl Harbor had just happened a little over a month prior..
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I dont agree with the idea of taking wreckage from the crash site,it,s disrespectful in my eyes.
You should tell the NSA.. They remove every part from Every Crash!!
Do you have a drone!
Yes Called the Glory.. I felt the drone there but you heard him say it was 7 miles.. My drone has a range of 3 miles.. Next time I go I will hike up there and get footage..
You sure get to travel a lot! Haunted saloon ✌️
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That place is suppose to be haunted the bathroom they have seen and heard a women crying in there late at night
he has a drone....you must be new. He live in Tennesse so maybe didnt have it with him.
Must be the condensed version.
This is the long version..
Elvis was only 7, nearly 8 when it happened.
And?
There are people, for whatever reason, that love to either position themselves in pictures, or in this case, video. There must be a name for that mental disorder.
those old buildings look like rattlesnake resort
was she murdered?
Tell your buddies there to invest in an E
??
Powerboatguy, They know exactly how and why it crashed plus there was not a NTSB back then. I am glad they didn't pick anything up, its history! plus that whole site has probably brought a lot of revenue up in that area . Its not a beautiful forest area its just a huge rock pile.
i believe thats horse hair on the roof.
Very will put together
Thank You!!