60th Anniversary of C-47 crash that killed 21 W.Va. guardsmen memorialized
The April 8, 1951 cover from the Charleston Daily Mail reports on the crash of a C-47B Skytrain cargo plane that was carrying 21 airmen from the West Virginia Air National Guard 167th Fighter Squadron. The accident, which occurred a little more than 60 years ago, remains the worst in the history of the West Virginia Air National Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo reproduction by Tech. Sgt. Eugene R. Crist)
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