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Heroic Pilot Breaks Back Averts Sacramento Crash
Air Force veteran Capt Edwin V Ferry 41 of California survived a near miss over North Highlands when his patrol plane with 12 hour fuel avoided a crash into residences. He steered to an open field landing at 11 18 a m Saturday suffering a broken back. Co pilot Capt James M Stephens 34 Omaha also injured as others treated at McClellan AFB Hospital.
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Sacramento
UPI
Edwin V. Ferry
Big Beat Lake
Calif
North Highlands
McClellan Air Force Base
Ae Ae
McClellan Afb
Leonard Folk
Mather Afb
William R. Harrington
Chicago
Ferry
Korea
McClellan
Pacific
James M. Stephens
Omaha
Neb
Robert J. Henderson
Fittsburgh
Robert D. Jones
Delta
Utah