Within a month after the December 7, 1941 attack of Pearl Harbor by Japan, Carole Lombard began a ten day war bond tour on behalf of the Hollywood Victory Committee. Initially, Clark Gable was to accompany her, but prior film engagements prevented that from happening. <br /> <br /> Carole's trip began by train from Los Angeles to Chicago via Salt Lake City and small stops along the way. Traveling with Carole was her mother Elizabeth Peters with close family friend and MGM Studio Publicist, Otto Winkler.<br /> <br /> The return home was to have also been made by train, but Carole wanted to get home as soon as possible. Otto Winkler found a TWA flight leaving in the early morning hours. <br /> <br /> It was decided that they would fly home but when Carole's mother, a numerologist heard that it was TWA Flight 3 she got a bad feeling that the number three was unlucky (TWA Flight THREE, THREE people in their party, and the plane would be a DC-THREE). As legend has it, a simple coin toss suggested by Carole finalized the decision to fly.<br /> <br /> Here we see Carole during her stop in Chicago on January 14, 1942. (LostFlights Photo)
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