Thanks, sorry dingy me. ----- Original Message ----- From: "William G. Prather" <wgprather@directvinternet.com> To: <GACLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 4:46 PM Subject: Re: [GaClarke] Re: W. T. Taylor Helicopter Crash 1953 Winterville, GA > 1953 - Its in the subject line. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Connie Epps Bond" <connie1370@charter.net> > To: <GACLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, August 26, 2002 2:11 PM > Subject: Re: [GaClarke] Re: W. T. Taylor Helicopter Crash 1953 Winterville, > GA > > > > What year? > > Thanks. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: <davisnm@earthlink.net> > > To: <GACLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 11:19 PM > > Subject: [GaClarke] Re: W. T. Taylor Helicopter Crash 1953 Winterville, GA > > > > > > > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > > > > > Classification: Query > > > > > > Message Board URL: > > > > > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yc.2ADE/815.1 > > > > > > Message Board Post: > > > > > > I found the following article in the Athens Banner-Herald on Monday, > > Febuary 11th, Front page > > > > > > Army Receives Bodies Of Two Killed In Crash > > > Bodies of the two soldiers killed in the crash of an Army helicopter > > early Tuesday afternoon a few miles east of the Municipal Airport were > taken > > to Fort McPherson last night and turned over to Third Army officials. > > > Identities of one occupants(sic) of the helicopter were announced as > > Warrant Officer (jg) Alfred C. Felker, of Fort Benning, Ga., and PFC > William > > T. Taylor, of Franklin, Tenn. > > > The two men were ferrying the helicopter to Fort Brag, N. C., from > Fort > > Benning, where the craft was attached to the 508th Helicopter Company. > > > The helicopter was accompanied by another similar plane, which > > unmindful of the accident continued on its way. Later in the afternoon it > > returned at the local airport. > > > The ill-fated plane refueled at the local airport and took-off on its > > journey from there at 1:03 p.m., and four minutes later crashed to the > > ground exploding on impact. > > > Witnesses who saw the crash say the helicopter seemed to halt > > momentarily in the air and then plummet straight down to the ground. The > > explosion came after the crash and in the resulting fire the bodies were > > terribly burned. > > > > > > > > > ==== GACLARKE Mailing List ==== > > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclarke/ > > > Do you have images from the past? > > > Share them with everyone at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclarke/Pictures/. > > > > > > > > > > > > ==== GACLARKE Mailing List ==== > > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclarke/ > > Do you have images from the past? > > Share them with everyone at http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclarke/Pictures/. > > > > > > > ==== GACLARKE Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclarke/ > Share your Research Places and Resources > http://www.rootsweb.com/~gaclarke/Resources/index.htm > >