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Delaware County Daily Times (Chester, PN), Thur, June 5, 1969, page 2
MacDill AFB, FL.
04 June 1969
Helicopter Crash Kills 8 Airmen
TAMPA, Fla (AP) — Eight airmen were killed Wednesday when an HH-43B Air Force Husky helicopter plummeted into a scrub brush field on a return flight from Avon Park bombing range to MacDill AFB
The Progress (Clearfield, PA), Friday, 6 June 1969, page 1
The crew members and passengers killed in the crash are identified as Maj. Dale W. Eder (P), SSgt. Patrick J. Geisler (FF), Sgt. Jerry R. Evans (??), A1C John H. Showers (??), A1C Graig A. Carver (??), Sgt. Coy N. Carrington (??), SSgt. Joseph W. G. Mills (??) and Army SSgt. Walter Williams Jr.
Articles courtesy of Contributor Gary Wolfe
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