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Four Die In Navy Transport Plane Crash Near Grosse Ile
A Navy Lockheed Electra transport on a training flight from Floyd Bennett Field to Moffett Field crashed five miles northeast of Grosse Ile Michigan. All four aboard Lt. William E. Xiques, Lt. John Patrick Fitamaurice, Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class Charles J. Survey, and Aviation Machinist Mate 3rd Class Larry W. Battson were killed. Debris spread over four miles. eyewitness George Hack, a local pilot, described a steep impact and ensuing fires as officials from the Grosse Ile Naval Air Station investigated.
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Floyd Bennett Field
N.Y
Moffett Field
Calif
Chicago
Michigan City
William E. Xiques
Staten Island
John Patrick Fitamaurice I
Waterbury
Conn
Aviation
Charles J. Survey
Meriden
Larry W. Battson
Santa Clara
George Hack
Navy
Grosse de, Mich
Naval Air Station