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Witness Of 1943 Plane CrashOffers Aid To Pilot’s FatherIsland rails, July 9,rA Bangor druggist, who claim* he saw smoke pouring froirr a plane which crashed about a mile from his Presque Isle home on June 26, 1943. has come to the-aid of Neill A. Robertson of thia town, who Is attempting to clear his pilot son's name In connection with a crash at Presque Isle on the SAme date Robertson's son. First LL Bertrand N. Robertson, perished along with eight other persons In acrash' In a Presque Isle field six years ago The army declared that he had been buzzing his father-in-law's house and that he was 'not killed in the line of military duty.’*Last week's Portland Sunday Telegram carried a story on the father s six-year search to clear his sons name. Almost immediately, according to Robertson, he received a letter from the druggist, Joseph U Nickerson, formerly of Presque Isle, telling of the crash he witnessed Nickerson,* who said he was living in what Is known as the Merle Ubby home half way between Caribou and Presque Isle, wrote that he saw a plane about a milt away from hia house that day and that smoke was pouring from the plane.He said he called his wife to come and see the plane, but thatit crashed before she came downstairs.Thpre was nothing in Nickei -son % letter, however, to Indicatethat the plane he saw crash was the one piloted by First Lieutenant Robertson, which crashed on the same day.The Bangor man. who wrote that he knew the young pilot personally, said that he was willing to offer a sworn statement concerning the rrash he witnessed.The father, who is searching for the radio operator on duty at the Presque Isle air base the day his son wa* killed In order to verify a report that young Robertson radioed the field that he was losing altitude. Is attempting to prove that low flying was not the cause of the fataUcrash six yearsago.Thoughtful Of Him To Leave A NoteJoplin, Mo.* July 9 (tfP) — Joplin firemen raced 31) blocks early today in answer to a report that an automobile was afire.When they arrived at the spot they found no car, but a note pinned to a poat. It read:‘Tire ost, couldn’t stay, best regards, thanks anyway.”
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Portland Press Herald
Portland, Maine, US
Sun, Jul 10, 1949
Page 6
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NH, USA 12 Jun 2021
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