Helicopter Accidents

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H-21
Thule AB, Greenland
26 Aug 1959

Eureka Humboldt Standard (Eureka, CA.)
Fri, Aug 28, 1959, page 3

Six Americans Die in Copter Crash

Washington (UPI) — Six Americans, including a U. S. diplomat, were killed Wednesday night in the crash of an Air Force helicopter near Thule Air Base, Greenland.

A seventh person, a Dane, also was killed.

The dead include: Livingston L. Satterthwaite, Ambler, PA., deputy chief of the U. S. diplomatic mission in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Capt. Dale W. Robertson, co-pilot, husband of Lorraine E. Robertson, Novato, CA.

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