Evening star., 1942-10-05
Plane Crash Kills
10 in Newfoundland;
I'd. {. Men Hurt
Two Others From Here
On Croft Carrying 81
Thot Fell Into Sea
~ the Associated Press.

NOT TetI INTO SSo
~ the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, Oct. 5.-Details
were lacking today concerning
the crash OF an airplane Satur-
day at Botwood, Newfoundland,
In which 10 men were killed and
At least eight persons were in
jured.
Headquarters Of the Eastern De-
fense Command and the 1st Army,
which announced the crash, said
there were 81 persons aboard the
plane, but did not disclose how many
were passengers.
The crash occurred between s and
8 pm. Saturday, the Army an
nounced. Apparently the plane fell
into the sea of Botwood since the
Army's announcement disclosed that
the planes hull was split in the
crash and subsequently was towed
into shallow water to facilitate SAL
wage operations.
CThe Pan American Anyways in
Washington said that the War
Department had authorized the
statement that the plane was not
owned or operated by their lineD
Two of the occupants Of the plane
were women, but both apparently
escaped injury.
d. c. Passengers on Board.
The list of dead, based on re-
ports made to the State Depart
ment by the American consulate
at st. Johns, Newfoundland, fol-
lows:
Capt. Dwight g. Thomas, Lin
coin, Nebr.; Michael G. j. Doyle,
Laurelton, N. Y; John r. Redmond,
jackson Heights, N. Y; Quentin
Moon, Flushing, N. Y; Daniel Pi-
poll, the Bronx. N. Y; G. L. Lansing,
New York City; 1t. Col. James Ed
ward Whitaker, Worcester, Mass;
Capt. Harold r. Freckleton, Hart
ford, Conn.,; Capt. william T.
Meyers, Tampa, Fla; Capt. War
ren G. Lessing, West Orange, N. j.
Other passengers were:
Richard William Sidenberg, Army
courier, United States Embassy,
London.
Louis Prescott Dolbeare, once Of
War Information, Brookline, Mass.
Lewis Galantiere, Office Of War
Information, New York City.
Marvin McCord Loves, Readers
DIGEST bleasantville Y
George Samuel Acheson, Readers
Digest, Briarcliff, N. Y.
Harold Joseph Barnett, economist,
1440 Chaplin street, Washington.
Helen j. Skouland, Government
clerk, Alameda, Calf.
Edward 8. Mason, Board of Anal
ysts, Strategic Services, 1925 Klinge
road, Washington.
Second 1t. Joseph Francis Nc
Caffrey, n, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. dn-
jureO.
Col. Clifford Palmer Bradley, AL
Greenwich Parkway, Washington
dnjureO.
Second 1t. Richard Robert Foster,
New York City.
Second 1t. Richard w. Cooper,
Canton, N. G. (injured. ~
Maj. John H. Watkins, Wamben,
Conn. dnjure6.
Second 1t. Alfred K. Peterson,
Milton. Mass.
Col. A. w. Kissner Hurt.
Col. August w. Kissner, West
chester Apartments, washington
(tnjured).
Maj. Edward John Condor. Chi
caso.
1t. Col. William H. Peters, jr..
Knoxville, Tenn.
Second 1t. Richard w. Bridgeman.
Copley, Ohio dnjureO.
1t. William ]. Payne, Houston,
Tex. dnjured.
Second 1t. James L. Hamstredt,
Monarch, Wyo.
Col. Alfred G. McNevin, Brooklyn
(injured).
Joseph H. Wilson, Great Neck
Long Island.
Robert D. Lindsay, Bayside, Long
Island.
Don H. Goodman, Flushing, Long
Island.
Henry M. Gesselbracht, jr., Flush
ing, Long Island.
Clayton j. Basen, Flushing, N. Y.
Miss Adele Jenkins, Jackson
Heights, Long Island.
Capt. Freckleton, one of those
killed, had been public relations of.
ficer for the Eastern All-Army foot.
ball team during its training perioc
and schedule last summer. He hae
been assigned to the WAAC at For
Des Moines, Iowa, in similar Ca
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