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Compton Pilot Missing After Plane Vanishes Over Turbulent Border
Capt. Rudy J. Swiestra, 48, a Compton native and veteran Air Force officer, was the first pilot of a U S transport plane with 17 aboard missing after a flight near the Soviet Armenian border. His wife Terry and children endure news as search planes comb rugged terrain 110 miles from the Russian border, near Lake Van. Swiestra, born in Holland, enlisted in 1940 and flew the Hump in World War II.
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Rudy J. Swiestra
Compton
U.S
Holland
Swiestra
United States
Soviet
Armenia
John Swierstra
Iton Dairyman
Air Force
Compton High School
Ruth Scher
Compton City College
Stra
Monterey Ave
Bellflower
Ruth’ Venable
Engaddress
Frankfort
Germany
Noo
Terry
Ronald
Dennis
John
Mad River
California
Venable
Jennie Ammann
St. Long. Beach
Florence Stat
Castro Valley
Schestra
Lake van
Turkey
Asia