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Bomber Crash Investigated Near Meachim Oregon
An army board of inquiry examined the burned wreckage of a four motor Boeing bomber that crashed two miles north of Meachim Oregon during a training flight. Six of eight crew were killed and two were injured. The plane, attached to Pendleton Field, exploded in the wooded mountains as it attempted an emergency landing. The dead include Lieuts Leacock and Brown and several sergeants from multiple states. Wallace, Starr and others survived injuries.
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Pendleton
Ore
Army Board of
Meachim
Boeing
Pendleton Field
Woodde Mountains
Joseph T. H. Leacock
Baton Rouge
James W. Brown
Tacoma
Wash
McChord Field
William E. Comber
Frankfort
Adolph T. Frerisch
Fairfax
Frank W. Irwin
San Benito
Tex
Randolph T. Correll
Perryton