A few stones of course caught my eye, this one in particular, because of his uniquely German name and the fact that he died in a plane crash a long way from Flamborough.
I did a quick google search and came up with a little information.
Captain Horst Lothar, originally from Weingerten, Germany(1) died when a DC3 operated by Air Gaspe crashed into a tree in the mountains and burned while on final instrument approach to Rimouski airport. It was a non-scheduled passenger flight and the single passenger and 3 crew members all died. (2) (3)
Horst had moved to Gaspe just prior to the crash. Among the dead were the 21 year old co-pilot N.G. Cunning of Halimand, Quebec, 25 year old flight attendant named Roger Doucet of Bathurst, N.B, and a 24 year old passenger named Emery Gaul. The plane was flying about 170 km from Gaspe to Mont Joli but at 2:10 PM, Horst radioed that he could not land in Mont Joli due to fog and would instead go to Rimouski. (4)
(1) (4) The Ottawa Journal, May 30, 1973. Page 36.
(2) http://www.planecrashinfo.com/1973/1973-37.htm
(3) http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19730529-0
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