More detail on this person: He was cropdusting
banana plantations somewhere in Central America
and hit the only power line within 20 miles. So I
was told. I'll check the Kingsmen net and see if
anyone can remember his callsign. His HOR was
somewhere in TX, I do remember that much. I wrote
his parents shortly after I got the news.
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DeGeer was in my flight school class, 70-47 and
71-1. He was from a small company town in the
Texas Panhandle, Phillips, TX. As the name
implies, Phillips Petroleum Started the town.
There was a large fire at the refinery years ago
and the town went away. DeGeer, which is what
we always called him, was a good person. I hated
to hear of his passing.
From: George Bryant, 61st AHC 71-72
I'm William Donald DeGeer III (Don's) sister. His
date of death was 22 Sep 1972. I think his call
sign was "Shifty". He died in Nicaragua.
From: Diane DeGeer