More detail on this person: A/C crashed while
attempting to land at night on instrument approach
in heavy rain at Tri-State Airport near Huntington
WV killing the deputy commander of the 1st Army
(MG Edwin H. Burba) and two Army pilots. Verns
USAF Class Was 55-Q.
From: Tom Garcia
My father was killed 29 October 1970 in the crash
of a U-8F aircraft. The accident occured during a
diversion to Tri-State Airport in Huntingdon, WV.
They were one engine in-op and lost the other
engine enroute to the airport. They crashed
roughly a half mile from the airport environment
in rough terrain.
He served with the Air Force from 1954 to 1960 as
a B-47 pilot with the 98th Bombardment Wing,
345th Bomb Squadron, SAC, Lincoln AFB. He also
served with the Coast Guard as a SAR pilot flying
the SA-16 Grumman Albatross. We were stationed
at both Salem, Mass. and Quonset Point, RI. His
class for Primary Helicopter was 66-2A. His first
tour was with the 227th Assault Helicopter
Battalion. He was shot down in a UH-1B on his
first tour. His class for the U-21 was 68-8.
While at Ft. Wolters, he also served as a C-47
Instructor Pilot. His second tour was with the
146th Aviation Company, flying the U-21 for the
Snoopers.
We were stationed at Fort Meade when he was
killed.
From: David V. Reisinger
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