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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