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Accident Occurs UponGround, C-47 RunsInto BomberSix members of the 63rdbomb squadron were killedat 4:15 p.m. Friday at Eielsonair force base near Fairbanks,Alaska, when a C-47 of theAlaskan air command ran into a Davis-Monthan based B-50. The B-50 was one of five at the Alaskan field for a 45-day training mission. Col. James C. Selser. jr., reported Saturday.aThe names of the dead released b\ Col. Selser, commander of the local airbase. were:!First lit. Bert 11. Elliot, jrM airplane commander. Hunting-ton Beach, Calif.First Lt, John D. McGregor, copilot, Antonito, Colo.First Lt. Robert L. Dotts. navi-gator, Chicago.First Lt. Harold L. Flowers, bombardier, Farmersburg, Ind. Master Sgt. Bruee K. Mohler,flisdit enirineer. 561 South Ros-kruge avenue, Tucson.Technical Sgt. Lawrence LePagc, Bangor, Me.The dead were all from Davis-Monthan field.According to the United Press, 15 men were injured in the accident.The C-47 transport went out of control on take-off and crashed into the parked B-50.Five crews in B-50 type aircraft left here last Tuesday for arctic training. They arrived Wednesday afternoon, being delayed in their original flight plans by bad weather north of Spokane Wash.Leader of the flight to Alaska was Col. Dalene E. Bailey, commanding officer of the 43rd bombardment group. Col. Ralph W. Stanlev, commander of the 63rdIsquadron, was in command of the arctic-testing mission.B-50 Out Of WayCol. John L. Ned wed, commanding officer at Eielson field, said the accident occurred at about 4:15 p.m. (PST» Friday as the C-47 was preparing to take off for the return trip to its home base at Elmendorf field at Anchorage, Alaska.The C-47 was roaring down the long runway and was almost airborne when something “appeared to go wrong with the plane,” Col.Nedwed said. MIt swerved and ground-looped into the B-50 which was on a taxirun along the strip. The B-50 was well off the runway when the C-47 Jcrashed into it,” he said.None of the injured were from the Tucson air force base. I,
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Tucson Daily Citizen
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Sat, Nov 13, 1948
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