More detail on this person: Served in West
Germany and Vietnam, later was a pilot in Gulf of
Mexico. Survivors: child, Munich Germany. His
family would like to know more about Jimmy's brave
service in Vietnam. This information was last updated 05/18/2016
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Date posted on this site:
03/10/2024
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From: Nick Ward
NTSB report: Flying Cessna 150 N6749G locally
out of Concord, NH. The pilot departed the Concord
Airport on a 1 hr flight to practice touch & goes.
The aircraft did not return & the aircraft was
reported stolen on 19 Oct. The Civil Air Patrol
conducted a search of the area around Andover
where a witness reported seeing an aircraft vanish
behind a grove of trees. The wreckage was spotted
on a ledge of a mountain by an aircraft searching
for another missing plane, near Henniker, NH. The
pilot's remains were recovered on 13 May 1972. It
was reported in the media the pilot had been
denied a medical certificate due to psychiatric
history on 15 Oct 1971. The NTSB could find no
mechanical cause for the accident. CFI pilot James
Burns, 29 with 1902 flight hrs was a former US
Army helicopter flight instructor & a Vietnam War
helicopter pilot with the 1 CAV DIV. The
airplane was registered to Fern Flying Service of
Concord, NH.