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THREE FLIERS KILLED
IN CABIN PLANE CRASH
WASHINGTON,
Pa. (UPI) --- Three Washington (Pa.) fliers were killed, last night
when their four-seater, Stinson cabin plane crashed into a hillside
and burned before Hundreds of persons at Washington airport.
The. dead were Richard Spencer, 31,: part-time instructor for the Tri-State
Aviation school at Washington; LeRoy Corns 24, a student pilot,
an Harland Robinson 28:
All three were pinned inside the light craft. They were burned beyond
recognition by the time Washington firemen; reached the scene, about
three miles from here.
C R. Breese, airport manager, saw the plane crash. He said it appeared that
Spencer; who was piloting the craft, was blinded by the sun as he
came down for a landing. The plane hit the runway and bounced
Breese said Spencer started up again for another approach, but apparently
pulled too sharply. The plane stalled, went into a spin and crashed
into the hill.
More than 209 persons, visiting the airport at, the time, witnessed
the crash.
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Death Certificate
and Burial
Record for Richard L. Spencer. Richard's remains were buried in
Section T, Lot 71, Grave 1 Washington Cemetery, (Washington
county), Washington, PA.
Richard married
Nyma Mcvehil in Washington, Pennsylvania on 9 August 1938.
He registered for
the draft at the State Armory in Washington, PA on 16 October
1940 and was inducted into the Army on 3 October 1942.
On 21 October
1942, Pvt Spencer was transferred from the Reception Center,
Fort George G. Meade, MD to Company C, 508th PIR.
T/5 Spencer was
taken prisoner on 6 June 1944 and liberated from Stalag 3C after
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