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★★★★★★AF Presses Its ProbeOf 3-Death B47 FallLITTLE ROCK, Ark. (UPI) — The Air Force today pressed its investigation into the crash of a B47 jet bomber here which killed three officers. The plane hit withsuch force that ail emergencycrews could find “were bits offingers and four burned parachutes.’’The plane dived into the ground about 25 miles northeast of Little Rock Air Force Base Tuesday night. The terrain was so bad it took the first crew two hours to reach the site.One group of sheriff's deputies was lost in the woods for two hours hunting for the wreckage,J etlinersBarely MissBig TragedyNEW YORK (UPI)Two Boe-| which was scattered over a quar ter of a mile.An lt;Aviaticlast ci routineJose iadminimakirijapproa north?« Thethe pliThe plane was returning from atraining flight and had entered its final landing approach when“something went wrong.” AirForce officials said.2A weekly newspaper editor, Oone Magie, from nearby Cabot. Ark., said “the area where the plane went down looked like a junkyard.”the ru:i Ati edged said.Norn j over tl!been 8BlattThe Air Force identified the dead as Capt, Charles W. Stevens Jr., 41, the aircraft commander, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Stevens, live at 707 Ann Street, Beaufort, N.C.; Capt. Robert S. McCoy. 34, the co-pilot, whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Jackson, live at 4007 Oak Drive, Des Moines, Iowa; and 1st Lt. J. W. Smith, 24, the navigator, whose mother, Mrs. Sandra Louise Vary, lives at 248-04 Van Zandt Ave., Little Neck, N Y.in onthe pilwith tlThememblt;as:| Fran | cer, of Wart of Aur MaeChesterJoan of RivHlav;were a
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Sarasota News
Sarasota, Florida, US
Wed, Feb 04, 1959
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