- On July 7, 1946, she and her husband were in their house in Beverly Hills, California, when an aircraft crashed into the roof of the house next door, and its wing cut through the roof of her house and landed in the bedroom, where she and her husband were. The plane, an experimental model called the XF-11, had experienced mechanical problems after taking off from the airport at nearby Culver City. It was piloted by Howard Hughes, and finally came to rest after crashing through the wall of the house of another of DeCamp's neighbors and exploding. Hughes was rescued from the cockpit by a bystander and, although receiving several broken bones, burns and gashes, was not severely injured and eventually made a full recovery. He paid for the damage to the houses in the neighborhood out of his own pocket.
- DeCamp was just 11 years older than Doris Day, who played her daughter in On Moonlight Bay (1951) and By the Light of the Silvery Moon (1953).
- Was actually 11 years younger than James Cagney, who played her son in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942).
- Gave birth to her 4th child at age 41, a daughter Nita Louise Schidler on March 21, 1952. Child's father was her husband, John Schidler.
- Gave birth to her 1st child at age 32, a daughter Margaret Mina Schidler on November 21, 1942. Child's father was her husband, John Schidler.
- Gave birth to her 3rd child at age 37, a daughter Valerie Dorothy Schidler on December 14, 1947. Child's father was her husband, John Schidler.
- Daughter of William (February 14, 1886-June 16, 1944) and Margaret (née Hinman) DeCamp (December 27, 1883-December 7, 1965). Both were born and raised in the state of Iowa.
- Gave birth to her 2nd child at age 35, a daughter Martha Shirley Schidler on July 25, 1946. Child's father was her husband, John Schidler.
- Paternal granddaughter of William (1854-1944), born in the state of Ohio, and Sadie (née Campbell) DeCamp (1854-1944), born in Canada.
- Maternal granddaughter of Bailey (1853-1941), born in the state of New York, and Effie (née Houck) Hinman (1859-1945), born in the state of Iowa.
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