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iix Killedis BomberHits WaterBuriad in Mud in Slough Wo*t of I. C. Railroad Track!Six army air force men were tiled when a B-20 bomber struck high tension power line andraahed into flooded marsh land iat wont of the Illinois Central illroad tressle at Lake View park t 3:45 p. m. Friday.Tho Lincoln army air base ild Saturday that three of the six ion killed on tho plane were pas-angers.Tho pilot was 2nd Lt. John P. •ortnor. Co-pilot was Capt. Al-•ecl L. Mobley. S Sgt. Joe J. Gush ras the englnerer. All were from He Great Bond base, Kan. Passengers were Maj. Charles V, Delaney and Warrant Officer iftwronco E, Jenkins, both of thooloraclo Springs base, and Sgt.oe Mallard of tho Great Bendae.Homo addresses of the men re not Immediately available.[t was learned after tho piano tshed that a high army officer d been a passenger In tho piano ien It landed at Omaha, where ho t the ship.rho plane, tho Lincoln air base id, was on a routine combat lining mission.rhe bomber, from tho Great nd, Kan., airfield, had flown to icoln, Neb., and then to tho naha municipal airport from ilch It had taken off on a routine ght when the crash occurred.Witnesses to the accident said it the pilot was gunning his itor to gain altitude when ono tor began smoking. A wing •uck tho power line, which goes Missouri Valley and the bomberwheel Into tho flooded marsh id. It did not catch on fire, oke Into Pieces.The bomber broko Into three jcch as lt struck tho water,•ewihg parts for about 200 foot, d dove deep into tho mud. Tho 1 soctlon of the bomber was tho ly part sticking up above tho iter. The rest of tho vvrcckago is all submerged In 0 to 8 feet of iter and mud.It was about 150 foot up In the r when I noticed tho bomber,” Id Jack Haven, 13, 1400 Avenue who was fishing in the slough f tho Illinois Cuntrul right-of-iy. It was coming from tho jst. Ono motor seemed to bo loktng. It struck tho wire and en crashed Into tho water. When hit lt sounded like a big exploits Tyson, who lives In tho vl-ly, was also fishing and saw plane crash. Ho Jumped into car, drove home, got his bath* suit and returned to tho scene began diving among tho ckuge in an effort to find mem* i of the crew.rhe roaring sound of tho ors attracted my attention to It looked like tho pilot was nlng his motoi to gain altitude, arcd Milo Carman, 1302 North unteenth street, who was work-on the North Western lullroad ilc Just north of Big Lake. “All nco she crashed. From where as standing I could not sec it the water, but the next thing :iw was a lot of water going l up In the air. Before she ihed ono of the motors was •king.Ing to Turn.[t looked to me like the pilot i trying to turn to tho left to Hack to tho Omaha airport, his .ors roaring trying to gain altl-
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Council Bluffs Iowa Nonpareil
Council Bluffs, Iowa, US
Sat, Jun 17, 1944
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