Six Army Airmen Die in Plane Crash
1947
WRITTEN BY : TINA EASLEY
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TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 18, 1947 - THE PARAGOULD DAILY PRESS
I RAN ACROSS THIS OLD PAPER AT A FLEA MARKET .
CRACK -UP AGAINST MT. MAGAZINE , ARKANSAS HIGHEST PEAK , IN A B-25
ARMY WITHOLDS IDENTIFICATIONS UNTIL NEXT OF KIN NOTIFIED
HAVANA , ARK.
NOV. 18 - MILITARY AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL TOILED TODAY TO REMOVE THE BODIES OF SIX ARMY AIRMEN FROM FOG-SHROUDED SUMMIT OF MT. MAGAZINE , ARKANSAS HIGHEST PEAK , WHERE THEY PERISHED IN A FIERY CRASH OF THEIR B-25.
A REPORT RECEIVED BY THE ARKANSAS STATE POLICE AT CLARKSVILLE WAS THAT ARMY PERSONNEL HAD IDENTIFIED THE DEAD BUT WITHHELD THIER NAMES.
THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT DURING A DRIVING RAIN STORM . THE SCENE IS IN A DENSE WOODED AREA ABOUT MIDWAY BETWEEN LITTLE ROCK AND FORT SMITH .
LEE APPLE , WHO LIVES ON MT. MAGAZINE , SAID THE PLANE CIRCLED OVER HIS HOME ABOUT 8 P.M. AS IF THE PILOT WAS LOST AND THEN CRASHED INTO THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.