The name of the second pilot was withheld. Toeppel, 18, Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin Pvt. Robert Snell, Jr., 18, Nashville, Tennessee Pvt. Runnell, 19, Creekside, Pennsylvania Pvt. Alfonso Romero, 18, Berkeley, California Pvt. Jones, 25, instructor, Clay, West Virginia Sgt. The Air Force identified twelve of the victims as: 2d Lt. What I thought was debris turned out to be bodies." The other glider landed safely. Then I turned back to look at the gliders and saw a pile of debris out there. "Everything appeared normal, so I turned to look at the C-82 that had released them. "Two gliders were coming in for a normal landing approach," said Cpl. But officers later said they did not know the cause." An observer in the control tower said that it happened so quickly that when he took his eyes from the apparently normal glider for a split-second he missed the crash. "First reports said a sudden, strong wind current caused a wing to rip into the ground. The paratroopers were scheduled to "graduate" on 14 January. An enlisted man who witnessed the accident, stated that "bodies spilled out in every direction." Two Air Force officers and eleven paratroop students of Company A, Airborne Battalion, died in the accident. Two G-15As had been released by a Fairchild C-82 towplane and were sloping in for what appeared to be a normal landing when one tipped sideways and smashed into the ground with a "tremendous roar" that spread wreckage over 700 feet of the runway. Henley, of Columbia, Missouri, crash lands on Friday the 13th at Lawson Air Force Base, Georgia, on the Fort Benning reservation, resulting in fatalities to all 13 on board. ġ3 January A Waco G-15A assault glider, 45-5548, of the 44085th (?) ABS, 14th Air Force, piloted by 2d Lt. The Eglin base public information officer identified the surviving crew as 1st Lt. William Thomas Bell, 21, aerial photographer, who lived in Mayo, Florida, is recovered on Tuesday, 9 January, outside the plane from beneath the tail. Claude Dorman, 27, of Kingston, New Hampshire, from the nose of the bomber on Monday, 8 January. Divers recover the body of flight engineer M/Sgt. The airframe settles in eight to ten feet of mud at a depth of 38 feet (12 m). Nine escape from the downed aircraft following the forced landing. ĥ January A Boeing B-50A Superfortress, 46-021, c/n 15741 of the 3200th Proof Test Group out of Eglin AFB, crash lands in the Choctawhatchee Bay, northwest Florida, killing two of the 11 crew. #MANSFIELD OHIO FIRE DOGS PERISHED SERIAL NUMBER#Information on aircraft gives the type, and if available, the serial number of the operator in italics, the constructors number, also known as the manufacturer's serial number (c/n), exterior codes in apostrophes, nicknames (if any) in quotation marks, flight callsign in italics, and operating units.ġ950 First of only two prototypes of the Fairchild XNQ-1 Navy trainer contender, BuNo 75725, written off in a crash.
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