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U S Fliers Safe After B29 Crashes in Westmorland
Reports say 11 U S Air Force crew parachuted from a B29 during a training flight from Burtonwood. The bomber crashed inland near Westmorland after engines failed over the Irish Sea. Crew members including Maj Benjamin Salkeman, Capt R Bergevin, Lt F Daly, Maj Leo Sayre, T/Sgt Raymond Smith, Weldon Wegner, Virgil Ferck and others were accounted for by farmhouses within two hours.
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