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FEBRUARY 4, 1959W«pklt;4*y* H Stjrvlayf 1-Vj«¥mtfr5AF InvestigatesCrash OfLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (CPI) The Air Force today pressed its investigation into the crash of a' B17 jet bomber here which killed; three officers. The plane hit with! such force that all emergency-crews could find were bits of j fingers and four burned parachutes.” iThe plane dived into the ground; about 2A miles northeast of Little! Rock Air Force Base Tuesday! night. The terrain wa* so bac! itj trvik the first crew two hours to!nreach the site.iOne group of sheriff's deputies' was lost in the. woods for two; hours hunting for the wreckage.; which was scattered over x q^ar*] ter of a mile.rThe plane dived into the ground j training flight, and had entered i'.si final landing approach when! something- went wrong,” Aii j FY.ce officials said. jA weekly newsrpaper editor, Cone Magie, from nearby (Jabot, Ark.,j said th« area where the pUne’ went down looked like a junk*; yard.” jThe Air Force identified thrt; dead as Capt. Charles W. Steven*. Jr.. 41, the aircraft commander,,1 whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles \V. Stevens, live at 707 Ann Street, Beaufort. N.C ; CaptJ* ' s V *A p nine \ and Ilatermorni| been 1 j low m ' river.The dollar ; into se .th« air caco. 1Robert S. McCoy. 34. the co-pilot ,whose patents, Mr. and Mrs. Har- 'standold Jackson, live at 4007 Oak to RunDrive, Des Moines. Iowa; and 1st; Its 1 LL J. W. Smith, 24. the navigator, - tower whose mother. Mrs. Sandra J/u- ment t ise Vary, lives at 248-04 Van from 1 Zandt A.ve., Little Keck, N.Y.47\*TTwiceUp. WasEditors ,\lt;de: Seymour llt;e. lunch, 3fi. a Brooklyn salesman, has « jMiH**cuger aboard Ihe iH-f»tflt;i American Airliner Electra that crashed In New York Tii'* day nlghl. w«t silting in th» piano’s lounge joking with the* stewardesses when the plana slammed Into the fio*1 River. His InjurVes werp no! believed to fve. critical. This is his story.By SEYMOUR KRMACff As Toid To UP IGod was good to me. It s the only way I could figure it out.Tha I'rJ nednn't i^g U]1 si boat.twicelucky: live li'm . ankle; m y I■ ThatLJ A
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Pampa Daily News
Pampa, Texas, US
Wed, Feb 04, 1959
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