More detail on this person: Washington Post,
May 21, 1979
LONDONDERRY, N.H., May 20 (AP)--A U.S. Navy
helicopter crashed "in a ball of fire" today and
killed all five crew members aboard, authorities
said.
Master Sgt. James Duncan of Pease Air Force in
Newington said there were no survivors.
Duncan said the craft took off Sunday morning from
Norfolk Naval Air Station en route to Brunswick
Naval Air Station in Maine.
The dead, all Navy personnel living in the Norfolk
area were Lt. Cmdr. Lynwood H. Duncan, 34,
originally of Greensboro, N.C.; Lt. Cmdr. James P.
Hogan, 34, of Davenport, Iowa; Lt. Paul Melotte,
31, of Funkstown, Md; Petty Officer Second Class
Michael J. Kennedy, 25, of Warminster, Pa., and
Airman Apprentice Paul J. Dellas, 21, of San Jose,
Calif.
The Navy H2 helicopter went down in a field near a
sparsely populated residential area in the
northern part of this community of about 12,000
south of Manchester.
The Londonderry fire dispatcher said the craft was
"a ball of fire" after it hit the ground, but it
did not endanger any homes in the area.
Burial information: Elmwood Cemetery in Oxford, NC
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