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Amarillo Daily NewsFriday Morning, Dec. 1R. 1959? AF PCollide inOntarioDALcans tjhold Nesteerrthev 1As tintrodiNORTH BAV. Ont.. Der, 17 r—Two U.S. air fnrre planes collided and crashed today in north- Amen west Ontario, One man was re* ported seen walking about in Pl^usethe snow at the crash scene. appiaiaudiertalkinThe planes, a B47 bomber and a F102 fighter, were taking part Rut ir an air defense training exer- enthu;rise. The bomber was form Little simil? Rock, Ark., the F102 from the Oct 5 U.S.A.F. Air Defense base at Kin- p'or cheloe, Mich. execuThe Air Defense Command at presei St, Hubert. Que.. said one man was spotted walking around after Mrs.the crash, it reported that the a! Rlt; pilot of a CU’OO that flew oxer and F the crash site said he also saw a {V ^ parachute in a tree ' prf.lone ITl was not known how manvmen were aboard the two ^ress planes. A B47 normally carries ^asb a crew of three and an F102 r’a* only the pilot. PortemitteThe Air Defense Command said on v, the collision occurred about 250 miles north of Sault Ste. Marie.The area is near the headwaters of the Albany River, which flows n.to Hudson Bav.wA parachute rescue team was sent to the area from Trenton,Ont. Two helicopters also were dispatched.A second B47 taking part in the exercise saw the collision andcircled the scene before returning na to its base at Little Rock i t(HlaLittle Rock Air Force Ruse °,(if officials said four men were *'*/ aboard the R47. The\ were iden- ar tifird hv fhe Air Foree as Capt. 'on. Rn\ N. .Minor, 54, fhe plane ]ncommander. of Manchester. with Trnn.: 1st L(, Theodore C. Ad- jjons ams Jr.. 24, a pilot of Green- v j0]axille.S.C.t 1st Lt. Lloyd A. Horn, srcnr27. a pilot of Boise, Idaho, and y, 1st Lt. Carlton 4V. Hunt, 2fi. the naxigator of Oklahoma City,Okla.All four were assigned to the 547th Bomber Squadron at LRAFB. All but Hunt lived with! their families on the base. Hunt co™f lixed at Jacksonville, Ark. . AA board of officers was sched- d,sc‘ uled to depart from the Little vvhol Rock base tonight to investigate clusi the crash, iatcdJion. iGuldnuml an cvis 10Gold in Colorado was found ment near Central City in 1859, ruler
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Amarillo Daily News
Amarillo, Texas, US
Fri, Dec 18, 1959
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