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I remember the crash

From David L. Hoppe, on Wed, 25 Jun 2003 13:24:05 GMT (in response to: anyone remember donald dunn, crashed feb 11, 71 on final flight , 310th tactical)

I worked in Accounting and Finance and remember the morning of the crash. My understanding was that the pilot was a general's son and he was doing a hot-dog manuver over the runway. The plane got half way through it's rollover and fell from the sky. It was full of insecticide and exploded on impact. The pilot had a finance who worked on the base and they were going to be married as soon as they got back. His father sent in a private plane to take his body home. They did a fly over during the memorial ceremony with the missing man formation.

It was sad that good men died for the sake of one stupid manuver.


Replies

  1. I think I remember the crash too. Court Rhodes (lttrhed@hotmail.com), Wed, 30 Jul 2003 02:44:31 GMT
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