page_title: BCPA Flight 304
section_title: Memorials
hierarchical_section_title: BCPA Flight 304 / Memorials
caption_attribution_description: English: Photo of a memorial to the victims of the BCPA Flight 304 crash in El Corte de Madera Open Space Preserve, Woodside, CA.
context_page_description: BCPA Flight 304/44 was a scheduled flight operated by British Commonwealth Pacific Airlines from Sydney, Australia, to Vancouver, Canada, with scheduled stops at Fiji, Canton Island, Honolulu and San Francisco. On 29 October 1953, the flight was conducted by a Douglas DC-6 named Resolution and registered in Australia as VH-BPE. The propliner crashed during its initial approach towards San Francisco International Airport, killing all 19 people on board, including the American pianist William Kapell.
context_section_description: Today, the crash site is part of the El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve, which includes the "Resolution Trail", named for the plane.  Park rules restrict visitors to the trail and visitors are also requested to respect this historical site by leaving any artifacts where they find them.
  Over fifty people attended a plaque's dedication on June 27, 2009, near the junction of the Fir & Vista Point trails, near Vista Point - the site of where a military H-19 'Chickasaw' recovery helicopter landed on the day of the crash.
  The latest remembrance day was the 65th. anniversary of the crash, held on October 29th., 2018. Visiting the plaque that day was the brother of co-pilot Campbell, Alan Campbell, who had flown in from Cairns, Australia. He placed an Australian flag before the granite memorial and made a somber visit to the impact point.
caption: The plaque commemorating the victims of the crash in El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve.
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