Plane Down In Flames
(N.Z. Press Assn—Copyright) ABILENE (Texas), October 13. A military transport plane carrying a crew of six crashed in flames near Abilene last night. A U.S. Air Force official said doctors and ambulances were on the way to the scene. A service station attendant told reporters. “There was a big ball of flame going through the air, and then it went out of sight.” The Cl3O troop transport which had no passengers, was on a night navigation training flight *he Air Force official said. The plane was attached to the 516th Troop Carrier Wing at Dyess Air Force Base. Abilene. The official said planes
from the base flew over the that two other crewmen were burned wreckage and saw no dead and three were missing, signs of life. the sheriff said. Sheriff E. W. Hollar of Fire-fighters and equipment Guthrie, which is nearby, said from several towns were sent that one survivor was found, to the crash. They quenched He was taken to hospital. the flames just before midA ground party determined night.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31190, 14 October 1966, Page 15
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