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22 Killed In Plane Wreck At Midway Chicago
A Braniff Convair 340 crashed on landing in fog at Midway Airport, killing 22 and injuring 22 of 40 aboard. Victims include Laurence North, 49, of Silver Springs Maryland, Notre Dame football former player Chester Wynn Jr., and Ohio’s James Ware. Pilot Capt Alan Tobin and stewardess Mary Teel died. co pilot Woodrow Hanks and others injured. Firemen quenched a wingtip blaze as rescuers removed bodies and survivors. The accident halted at a half mile visibility. three hours passed before the last body was recovered.
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Chicago
Midway Airport
Laurence H. North
Silver Springs
Braniff Airways
Dallas
Norman Gibbons
Cook County
Chester A. Wynn Jr
Oak Park
University of Notre Dame
Chester Wynn
Notre Dame
Roy Lindsey
Midwest City
Okla
Chicago Cardinals
John A. Casey
Casey
Alan Tobin
Mary Teel
Woodrow Hanks
James Ware
Mansfield
Ohio
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Texas
Air Force
Bergstrom Afb
John E. Faust Jr
Youngstown
Oklahoma City
Wichita
Kan
Kansas Ci
Teel