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auu W I f IK IIJJ uajnpaged by the mid-air collision.tie:Reanlt;ne\s PROPELLER LOSTtThe other plane was a four-engined Air Force transport, onlcoi a training mission from Texas-ter, • in-.with only its four-man creW|tno o; aboard. Though the right, side of Po -i the huge C-54 was badly scuffed1,aglt; I in the crash, the plane landed at tc'Ira vis Air Force Base minus a wh r propeller. ‘ ; torrj The aircraft commander of the bui ^, Air Force plane was Ll. Col. Cur-jsai ■Ptis S. Seehault. 1*1 is lt;tcw included wodlt;K I.Capt. Leslie K. Kassebaum, T Sgt.jCe 1‘|Haskell G. Smith, and two medi-itio •v’jcal officers. Maj. William N. Bo-rah and (’apt. Bertram Kraus.Site of the collision was 45 miles1 Slt; ^ southeast of Travis near Stock- to iton. It happened only 15 minutes le after the C-54 had taken off from pi Travis for its return flight to a I Texas. jsi,The two IJC Naval men were on to a flight to maintain their flight!1,dt.to0thstatus.Planes from Hamilton Air Force'in Rase guided the C-54 to Travis; ('( while the smaller Navy Beech- tc craft returned to tile Alameda station.| Snow Storm Due On Prairie Statesto*
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Berkeley Daily Gazette

Berkeley, California, US

Wed, Dec 02, 1953

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